BY      AUTHORITY, 


THE 


STATUTES  AT  LARGE 


Confederate  States  of  America, 


PASSED  AT  THE  SECOND  SESSION  OF  THE 


FIEST    CONGEES8; 


1862. 


(Sarcfttllii     to  Ha  t  eti    raitli    tl)c    ©riginals    at    1a.  t  c  l>  m  a  u  tt 


EDITED    BY 


JAMES    M.    MATTHEWS, 


ATTORSKY     AT    LAW, 


AND   LAW   CLERK   IS   THB   PEPARTMKXT   OF  JCSTICJi. 


TO  BE  CONTINUED  ANNUALLf . 


RICHMOND: 

R.  M.  SMITH,  PRINTER  TO  CONGRESS. 
1862. 


PUBLIC   LiL'WS 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 


PASSED  AT   THE  SECOND  SESSION" 


FIRST  CONGRESS; 


1862. 


i'&itfuUq  mllabft  fflitlf  tjj*  (DrigiHflls  ui  EirjjnianL 


EDITED    BY 


JAMES  M.  MATTHEWS, 


ATTORNEY     AT     LAW, 


AND  LAW  CLERK  IS  THE  DEPARTMENT   OP  JUSTICE. 


TO  BE  CONTINUED  ANNUALLY, 


RICHMOND: 

R.  M.  SMITH,  PRINTER  TO  CONGRESS. 
1862. 


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LIST 


PUBLIC   ACTS  AND   EESOLUTIONS 

OF   CONGRESS. 


Sits  of  fitf  /irsl  CnngrrsH  nf  iljt  €mftkmk  States. 
STATUTE  11—1862. 

PAGE. 

Appropriation  to  pay  Choctaw  Nation  interest  due  by  State  of  Virginia.    An  Act  making  appropriations  to 

comply  with  the  provisions  of  certain  acts  of  Congress,  &c.    September  10,  1S62,  ch.  1 57 

Additional  officers  of  Artillery  for  Ordnance  duties.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  additional  offi- 
cers of  artillery  for  ordnance  duties.     September  16.  1362,  ch.  2 57 

Public  Defence.    An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  '-An  Act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence.     September 

18,  1862,  ch.  3 53 

Issue  of  bonds  to  pay  for  iron-clad  vessels  of  war,  §'c.  An  Act  to  authoiize  an  issue  of  Confederate  States 
b  mds  to  meet  a  contract  male  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  for  six  iron-clad  vessels  of  war  and  steam 
engines  and  boilers.    September  19,  1862,  ch.  4 53 

Transfer  of  Troops.    An  Act  in  relation  to  the  transfer  of  troops.     September  33,  1832,  ch.  5 53 

Further  issue  of  Treasury  Notts.     An  Act  to  provide  for  the  further  issue  of  Treasury  Notes.     September 

23,  1862,  ch.  6 59 

Payment  of  Officers  and  Soldiers  in  Missouri  belonging  to  C.  S.  service.     An  Act  to  provide  for  the  payment 

of  certain  claims  against  the  Confederate  States  in  the  State  of  Missouri.     September  23,  1S62,  ch.  7. . ..     59 

Rank  of  Officers  of  the  Provisional  corps  of  Engineers.  An  Act  to  regulate  the  rank  of  officers  of  the  Pro- 
visional corps  of  Engineers.     September  23,  1362,  ch.  8 63 

Marine  corps  increased.    An  Act  amendatory  of  "  An  Act  to  reorganize  the  Marine  Corps."     September  21, 

1862,  ch .  9 60 

Time  for  assembling  of  Congress  changed.     An  Act  to  change  the  time  for  the  assembling  of  Congress  for  its 

next  regular  session.     September  25,  ch.  10 60 

Rewards  for  the  apprehension,  etc  ,  of  persons  engaged  in  forging  or  uttering  counterfeit  Treasury  Notes. 
An  Act  authorizing  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  offer  a  reward  for  the  apprehension  and  conviction 
of  persons  engaged  in  forging  or  uttering  counterfeit  Confederate  Treasury  Notes.  September  26,  1862, 
ch.  1 1 .' 61 

When  Chief  Clerk  of  Patent  Office  may  be.  dispensed  with.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  es- 
tablish a  Patent  Office,  and  to  provide  for  the  granting  and  issue  of  Patents  for  new  and  useful  discove- 
ries, inventions,  improvements  and  designs,"  approved  May  21,  1351.     September  26.  1862,  ch.  12 61 

Pay  of  Engineer-in-Chief  and  passed  Assistant  Surgeons  of  the  Navy.     An  Act  to  determine  the  annnai  pay 

of  the  Engineer-in-Chief  and  passed  Assistant  Surgeons  of  the  Navy.     September  26,  1362,  ch.  13 Gl 

Signal  Corps  increased.     An  Act  to  increase  the  Signal  Corps.     September  27,  1862,  ch.  14 61 

Conscription  Act  amended.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  :'  An  Act  to  provide  further  for  Che  public  de- 
fence," approved  April  16,  1862.     September  27,  1862,  ch.  15 Gl 

Payment  for  Postal  services.    An  Act  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  sums  ascertained  to  be  due  for  postal 

service  to  citizens  of  the  Confederate  States  by  the  Postmaster  General.     September  27,  1862,  ch.  16 62 

Provision  for  the  sick  and  wounded  of  the  army  in  hospitals.     An  Act  to  better  provide  for  the  sick  and 

wounded  of  the  army  in  hospitals.     September  27,  1862,  ch.  17 63 

Eastern  District  of  T?xas  enlarged,  and  Marshal  to  be  appointed.  An  Act  to  amend  An  Act  entitled  "An 
Act  to  divide  the  State  of  Texas  into  two  Judicial  Districts,  and  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of 
Judges  and  Officers  in  the  same."     September  30,  1862,  ch.  18 65 

Time  for  payment  of  taxes,  etc.,  extended.  An  Act  to  amend  Acts  Nos.  223  and  211  of  the  Provisional  Con- 
gress so  as  to  authorize  an  extension  of  the  time  for  selling  property  for  taxes  in  default.  September 
30,  1362,  ch.  19 6-5 

Construction  of  railroad  authorized  between  Blue  Mountain,  Alabama,  and  Rome,  Georgia.  An  Act  to  ena- 
ble the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  to  provide  the  means  of  military  transportation  by  the  con- 
struction of  a  Railroad  between  Blue  Mountain,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  and  Rome,  in  the  State  of 
Georgia.     October  2,  1S62,  ch.  20 .' 66 

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iv  LIST  0?  THE  PUBLIC  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS. 

Adjutant  of  the  grade  of  subaltern  for  independent  battalions.  An  Act  to  amt>nd  An  Act  entitled  "  An  Act 
providing-  for  the  appointment  of  Adjutants  of  regiments  and  legions,  of  the  grade  of  subaltern,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  subalterns  attached  to  companies,"  approved  August  31, 1861.     October  2,  1S62,  ch.  21 66 

Soldiers  transferred  to  be  furnished  with  transportation.    An  Act  supplemental  to  "An  Act  authorizing  the 

Secretary  of  War  to  grant  transfers,"  approved  September  23,  1862.     October  2,  1862,  ch.  22, 65 

Oath  required  to  enable  soldiers  to  receive  their  pay ,  before  whom  to  be  taken.     An  Act   to  empower  certain 

persons  to  administer  oaths  in  certain  cases.     October  2,  1862,  ch.  23 67 

Enlistments  in  the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps.    An  Act  to  permit  enlistments  in  the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps. 

October  2, 1862,  ch.  24 67 

Payment  of  claims  of  deceased  officers,  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates.  An  Act  supplementary  to 
"  An  Act  concerning  the  pay  and  allowance  due  to  deceased  soldiers,"  approved  February  15,  1862,  and 
to  provide  for  the  prompt  settlement  of  claims  fo  arrearages  of  pay,  allowances  and  bounty  due  deceas- 
ed officers  and  soldiers.     October  2.  1862,  ch.  25 , 67 

Organization  of  Array  Corps.     An  Act  to  provide  for  the  organization  of  army  corps.     October  6,  1862,  ch  26.    68 

When  the  places  for  holding  the  District  Courts  may  be  changed.     An  Act  to  Authorize  the  Judges  of  District 

Courts  to  change  the  place  of  holding  court  in  certain  cases.     October  2,  1862,  ch.  27 63 

Special  Agents  to  superintend  transportation  of  mails  across  the  Mississippi  river.  An  Act  to  authorize  the 
Postmaster  General  to  employ  certain  agents  to  superintend  and  secure  the  certain  and  speedy  transpor- 
tation of  the  mails  across  the  Mississippi  river,  in  the  Confederate  States.     October  6,  1862,  ch.  28 68 

Establishment  of  Camps  of  Instruction.     An  Act  to  authorize  the  establishment  of  Camps  of  Instruction  and 

the  appointment  of  officers  to  command  the  same.     October  8,  1S62,  ch.  29. 69 

Clothing  to  soldiers  to  be  furnished  in  kind.  An  Act  to  repeal  the  law  authorizing  commutation  for  soldiers' 
clothing  and  to  require  clothing  to  be  furnished  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in  kind.  October  S,  1S62, 
ch.  30 69 

Manufacture  of  Clothing  and  Shoes  for  the  Army.    An  Act  to  encourage  the  manufacture  of  clothing  and  shoes 

for  the  Army,  October  8,  1862,  ch.  31 .- 69 

Excess  of  War  Tax  paid  by  State  of  Lousiana  to  be  refunded.    An  Act  to  refund  to  the  State  of  Louisiana  the 

excess  of  the  war  tax  overpaid  by  her.     October  8,  1862,  ch.  32 69 

Excess  of  War  Tax  paid  by  State  of  North  Carolina  to  be  refunded.  An  Act  to  repay  to  the  State  of  North  Car- 
olina the  excess  over  her  quota  paid  by  her  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States  on  account  of  the 
war  tax.     Octobers,  1862,  ch.  33 70 

Enrollment  of  Conscripts.  An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  further  provide  for  the  public 
defence,"  approved  16th  of  April,  and  the  Act  to  amend  the  same,  approved  September  27th,  1862.  Oc- 
tober 8,  1862,  ch.  34 70 

Assistant  Adjutant  General  added  to  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  GeneraVs  Department.  An  Act  to  amend  an 
Act  entitled  •■  An  Act  for  the  organization  of  the  staff  departments  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America,"  approved  March  14th,  1861.     Octobers,  1832,  ch.  35 70 

Organization  of  Military  Courts.     An  Act  to  organize  military  courts  to  attend  the  army  of  the  Confederate 

States  in  the  field,  and  to  define  the  powers  of  said  courts.     October  9,  18132,  ch.  36 71 

Shoes  for  the  Army.     An  Act  to  provide  shoes  for  the  army.     October  9,  1862,  ch.  37 72 

Appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Governm  nt  for  the  month  of  December,  1862.  An  Act  making  appro- 
priations for  the  Executive,' Legislative  and  Judicial  expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  month  of  De- 
cember, 1862.     October  9,  1862,  ch.  33 72 

Certain  Regiments  or  Battalions  heretofore  raised  may  be  accepted  and  placed  in  the  service.  An  Act  to  au- 
thorize the  President  to  accept  and  place  in  the  service  certain  regiments  and  battalions  heretofore  raised. 
October  11,  1862,  ch.  39 74 

Pay  and  Mileage  of  Delegates  from  Indian  Nations.  An  Act  to  fix  the  pay  and  mileage  of  the  delegates  from 
the  several  Indian  nations,  authorized  to  have  delegates  under  their  respective  treaties.  October  11, 
1S62,  ch.40 75 

Places  of  Rendezvous  for  enrolled  men.  An  Act  to  establish  places  of  rendezvous  for  the  examination  of  en- 
rolled men.     October  It,  1862,  ch.  41 75 

Payments  to  be  mide  to  District  Collectors  of  the  War  Tax  in  certain  cases,  etc.  An  act  supplemental  to  an 
Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  authorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasu/y  to  pay  district  collectors  in  certain 
cases,"  approved  April  11,  1362.     October  11,  1862,  ch.  42 76 

President  may  accept  the  services  of  volunteers  in  those  States  and  Districts  in  which  the  Conscript  acts  are 
superseded ;  and  may  also  appoint  officers  of  Regiments,  etc.,  before  the  same  are  organized.  An  Act  to 
amend  an  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  raise  an  additional  military  force  to  serve  during  the  war,"  approved 
Sth  May,  1S6I.  and  to  provide  for  the  raising  of  forces  in  the  States  of  Missouri  and  Kentucky.  October 
11,  1812,  ch.  43 .-•-■     76 

Bounty  secured  to  soldiers  and  officers,  though  dead  or  discharged.  An  Act  amendatory  of  an  Act  entitled 
"An  Act  provi'ling  for  the  granting  of  bounties  and  furloughs  to  privates  and  non-commissioned  officers 
in  the  Provisional  Army,"  approved  December  eleventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one  October  11, 
1862,  ch.  44 77 

Persons  Exempt  from  Military  duty.  An  Act  to  exempt  certain  persons  from  military  duty,  and  to  repeal  an 
Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  exempt  certain  persons  from  enrollment  for  service  in  the  army  of  the  Confed- 
erate States,"  approved  21st  April,  1862.     October  11,  1862,  ch.  45 77 

Term  of  office  of  certain  War  tax  Collectors  extended.     An  Act  to  extend  the  term  of  office  of  certain  war  tax 

collectors.     October  13,  1862,  ch.  46 80 

Pay  of  certain  officers  and  employees  in  the  Executive  and  Legislative  and  Executive  departments^  increased. 
An  Act  to  increase  the  pay  of  certain  officers  and  employees  in  the  executive  and  legislative  depart- 
ments.    October  13,  1832,  ch.  47 80 

Appointment  of  Naval  Storekeepers.    An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  naval  storekeepers.     October 

13.  1862,  ch .  43 80 

Importation  by  our  enemies  of  spurious  Treasury  notes,  punished  and  repressed.  An  act  to  punish  and  repress 
the  importation  by  our  enemies,  of  notes  purporting  to  be  notes  of  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate 
States.    October  13.  1862,  ch.  49 •.••    80 

Appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Government  for  the  month  of  January,  1S63.  An  Act  making  appropria- 
tions for  the  support  of  the  Government  for  the  month  of_  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three, 

and  fir  certain  deflcieuces  and  other  purposes  therein  mentioned.     October  13,  1862,  ch.  50 81 

Writ  of  Habeas  Corpus  suspended.  An  Act  authorizing  the  suspension  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus.  Octo- 
ber 13,  1862,  ch.  51 81 

Commutation  in  lieu  of  quarters  allowed  Superintendent  of  Army  Intelligence  Office  and  his  clerks,  and  pay 
of  clerks  increased.  An  act.  to  grant  commutation  for  quarters  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  "  Army  In- 
telligence Office,"  an  1  his  clorks,  and  to  increase  the   compensation  of  said  clerks.     October  13,  1362, 

ch.  52 81 

President  authorized  to  make  certain  appointments  during  recess  of  the  Senate.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  Pre- 
sident to  mike  certain  appointments  during  the  recess  of  the  Senate.     October  13,  1862,  ch.  53 85 

Pay  or  Cadets.  An  Act  to  regulate  and  fix  the  pay  of  Cadets  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States.  Octo- 
ber 1 3,  1862.  ch .  5 ! 85 

Salary  of  Assistant  Attorney  General  increased.     An  Act  to  equalize  the  salary  of  the  Assistant  Attorney 

General  with  that  of  other  Assistant  Secretaries  and   the  chiefs  of  Bureaus.     October  1.3,  1862,  ch.  55. .     85 
Vict  President,  may  employ  a  Secretary.     An  Act  to  authorize  the  Vice  President  of  the  Confederate  States  to 

employ  a  secretary,    October  13,  1852,  ch.  56 85 


LIST  OF  THE  PUBLIC  ACTS  OF  CONGRESS.  v 

Rtli'f  of  the  Army  of  disqualified,  disabled  and  incompetent  Officers.  An  Act  to  relieve  rhe  army  of  disqual- 
ified, disabled  and  incompetent  officers.     October  13,  1S62,  ch.  57 85 

Interest  on  funded,  the  debt  reduced.  An  Act  to  reduce  the  rates  of  interest  in  the  funded  debt  of  the  Confed- 
erate States.     October  13,  186-2,  ch.  58 87 

Public  Printing.    AnActtoamend  "An  Act  in  relation  to  public  printing,"  approved  February  27,  1S61. 

October  13,  1862,  ch.  59 87 

Post  Routes  established.    An  Act  to  establish  certain  post  routes  therein  named.     October  13,  1862,  ch.  60 87 

Medals  and  Badges  oj  distinction.    An  Act  to  authorize  the  grant  of  medals  and  badges  of  distinction  as  a 

reward  for  courage  and  good  conduct  on  the  field  of  battle.     October  13,  1SG2,  ch.  61 89 

Protection  to  Slave  owners.    An  Act  to  protect  the  rights  of  owners  of  slaves  taken  by  or  employed  in  the 

army.     October  13,  1862,  ch.  62 89 

PUBLIC   RESOLUTIONS. 

No.  1.  Thanhs  of  Congress  to  Ca.pt.  Semmes  and  his  command.  Joint  resolutionof  thanks  to  Captain  Ra- 
phael Semmes,  officers  and  crew  of  the  steamer  Sumter.     September  9,  1362 91 

No.  2.  Thanks  of  Congress  to  Conmander  Far  rand  and  Captain  A.  Drevjry  and  their  command.  Joint  reso- 
lution of  thanks  to  Commander  Farrand  of  the  Confederate  Navy,  senior  officer  in  command  of 
the  naval  and  military  forces,  and  Captain  A  Drewry,  senior  military  officer,  and  the  officers  and 
men  under  their  command  at  Drewry's  Bluff,  on  the  15th  May,  1832.     September  16,  1862 91 

Ko.  3.  Alterations  in  building  occupied  by  the  Post  Office  department.  Joint  resolution  to  authorize  the 
Postmaster  General  to  cause  certain  alterations  to  be  made  in  the  building  now  occupied  by  the 
Post  Office  Department.     September  27,  1862 91 

No.  4.     Thanks  of  Congress  to  Lieut.  J.  N.  Brownand  his  command.     Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  Lieut.  J. 

N.  Brown  and  all  under  hi3  command.     October  2,  1862 91 


ERRATUM. 


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PUBLIC  ACTS  OP  THE  FIRST  CONGRESS 


OF    THE 

CONFEDERATE   STATES, 

Passed  at  the  second  session,  which  was  begun  and  held  at  the  City  of 
Richmond,  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  on  Monday,  the  eighteenth  day  of 
August,  A.  D.,  1S62,  and  ended  on  Monday,  the  thirteenth  day  of 
October,  A.  D.,  1S62. 

Jefferson  Davis,  President.  Alexander  H.  Stephens,  Vice-Pre- 
sident, and  President  of  the  Senate.  Thomas  S.  Bocock,  Speaker 
of  the  House  of  Representatives, 


Chap.  I. — Jin  Jlct  making  appropriations  to  comply  with  the  previsions  of  certain  Acts  of  Con-        Sept.  10,  1852. 

gress,  |*c.  ' 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Appropriation   to 
the  sum  of  thirteen  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  be  and  the  same  are  Fnterest°due™/stai8 
hereby  appropriated  cut  of  any  money   in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  of  Virginia. 
appropriated,  to  pay  the    Choctaw  nation  of  Indians   the   interest  due 
July  first,  eighteen  hundred  and    sixty-two,  by   the  State  of  Virginia, 
upon  four  hundred   and   fifty  thousand  dollars  invested*  in  the  Choctaw 
General  Fund,  which  interest  has  been  placed  by  the  said  State  in  the 
Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  trust  for  said  Indians. 

Approved  Sept.  10;  1862. 


Chap.  II. — Jin  Jlct  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  additional  officers  of  Cfrtillery  for  ordnance        Frpt.  16,  lff.3. 

duties.  " 


The    Congress  of  the    Confederate   Slates  of  America  do  enact,  That    Appointment  of  ad- 
the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  may  £Sn"Sf^rtoan« 
appoint  seventy  officers  of  artillery   in  the  Provisional   Army,  for  the  duties, 
performance  of  ordnsnee  duties,  in  addition  to  those  authorized  by  the 
Act  entitled   "  An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  officers  of  ar- 
tillery in  the  Provisional  Army,"  approved  .April  twenty-first  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  that  from  the   whole   number  of  artillery 
officers  appointed  to  discharge  ordnance  duties,  there  shall  be  one  with 
the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  for  each  command   composed  of  more     EaDk- 
than  one  army  corps,  one  with  the  rank  of  Major  for  each  army  corps 


58  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  3;  4,  5.     1862. 

composed  of  more  than  one  division,  and  the  residue  with  the  rank  of 
Captain  and  of  First  and  Second  Lieutenant  in  such  proportion  as  the 
President  shall  prescribe. 

Approved  Sept.  16,  1862. 


Sept.  18,  1865. Chap.  III. — An  Act  to  attend  an  Act  entitled,  "An  Act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence." 

1861,  March  6  7y,e    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

Act    proviuin,r   ror  .  ■/  •/  * 

the   public  defence  the  sixth  section  of  the  Act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,  approved 
amended.  on   ^ne   sjxth  0f  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  be   amended 

by  adding  after  the  words  "brigades  into  divisions, "  the  words  "  and 
divisions  into  army  corps,"  and  each  army  corps  shall  be  commanded 
by  a  Lieutenant-General,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and 
with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  who  shall  receive  the  pay 
of  a  Brigadier-General. 
Approved  Sept.  18,  1862. 


Sept.  39,  1862.        Chap.  IV. — An  Act  to  authorize  an  issue  of  Confederate  States  bonds  to  meet  a  contract  made  ly 
the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  for  six  iron-clad  vessels  of  war  and  steam  engines  and  boilers. 

Further   issue   of      The   Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  cf  America  do  enact,  That 
bo^s^uthoriz^to  tne  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue, 
payforiron-ciadves- in  addition  to  the  amounts   heretofore  authorized   to   be  issued,  three 
constructed  abroad,    millions  five  hundred   thousand   dollars  of  Confederate  States   bonds, 
under  the   provisions  and    conditions  of  the  Act   entitled  "  An  Act  to 
authorize   the   issue  of  Treasury  notes,  and   to   provide  a  war  tax  for 
1861, Aug.  19.      their   redemption,"    approved   August    nineteenth,    eighteen    hundred 
and  sixty-one,  and  by  the  further  supplemental   Act  to  the  above  cited 
i86i3Dec.  19.      Act,    approved   December    nineteenth,    eighteen  hundred    and    sixty- 
one,  to  meet  a  contract  made   by  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy   for  six 
iron-clad  vessels  of  war  aud  six  steam  engines  and  boilers  complete,  to 
be  constructed  abroad,  and  said   bonds,  when  issued,  shall  be  delivered 
to  the  persons  entitled  to  them  under  the  above  recited  contract. 
Approved  Sept.  19,  1862. 


<-.        nn  io,->  CriAr.  V. — An  Act  in  relation  to  the  transfer  of  troops. 

Sept.  23,  1%2.  j       j 


Transferof  privates       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate    States  of  JJmerica  do  enact,  That 
and    iioiieommis-  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  ihe  Secretary  of  War  to  transfer  any  private  or 

sioacd  officers.  ..         j^r  1  u      •  •  ^    e  a±   *.        r 

non-commissioned  omcer  who  may  be  in  a  regiment  Irom  a  State  of 
this  Confederacy  other  than  his  own,  to  a  regiment  from  his  own  State, 
whenever  such  private  or  non-commissioned  officer  may  apply  for  such 
transfer,  and  whenever  such  transfer  can  be,  made  without  injury  to 
the  public  service;  and  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  make  regulations 
to  facilitate  such  transfer  :  Provided,  that  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  any 
one  who  has  enlisted  as  a  substitute. 
Approved  Sept.  23,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  6,  7.     1862.  59 

Chap.  VI. — An  Act  to  provide  for  the  further  issue  of  Treasury  notes.  Sept.  23,  1862. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Secretary  of  the 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  from  w  make' further  issue 
time  to  time,  to  issue,  in   addition  to  the  bonds,  certificates  of  stock.  °f  bonds, certificates 

ii  i-iii  i  •   •  ot    su,c'k  and   I  rea- 

and  treasury  notes  already  authorized  by  law,  such  additional  amount  sun- notes. 

of  the   same  as   may  be   required  to  pay  the   appropriations   made   by 

Congress,  at  its  last  and  present  sessions,  to  be  issued  under  the  same 

forms,  conditions    and   restrictions  as  are   or   may  be   provided  by  the 

first  section  of  the  act  entitled  "An  act   to  provide   further   means  for 

the  support  of  the  Government,"  approved  April  eighteenth,  eighteen     1862,  April  18. 

hundred  and  sixty-two;  the  bonds  and  certificates  of  stock  to  be  issued 

in   preference  in  all   cases  where  the}7'    can    be  used  ;   and  where  they 

cannot,  the  deficiency  to  be  supplied  by  Treasury  notes. 

Sec.  2.  That  the.  authority  given  to  the   Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  , n£,ct  °f  APril  18:,h> 

J     *>  J  J  '  1862,  authorizing  the 

in  the  second  section  of  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  lurther  issue,  in  exchange 
means  for  the  support  of  Government,"  approved  April  eighteenth,  o^bond^ &cy, rec™' 
eiehtcen    hundred   and  sixty-two,  to  issue  in    exchange    for  Treasury  vertibie  in  the  same, 

"  °  J    extended 

notes,   bonds  or  certificates  to  be    inconvertible  in  the  same,   at  the     iss:2.  April  is. 

pleasure  of  the   holder,  shall  be   extended    from   fifty  millions  to    one 

hundred    millions  of  dollars;   but  the  said  authority  shall  be  exercised 

under  all  the  conditions  and  limitations  prescribed  in  the  said  act. 

Sec.  3.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  authorized  to  pay  annually  interest  to  be  paid 
,i       •    ,         .  •  l\      c     L      c   r  ii    •    i         4  i         •        annually  on  ail  inter- 

tne   interest   accruing,  on   the  first  ot  January,  on  all   interest-bearing  est -bearing  Treasury 

Treasury  notes,  and  to  make  all  proper  regulations  in  relation  to  such  Ii0tes- 

payment :  Provided,  that  until  six  months  after  a  treaty  of  peace,  such     Proviso. 

payment  shall  be  made  in  Treasury  notes  not  bearing  interest. 

Sec.  4.  The  issue  of  Treasury  notes  under  the  denomination  of  five     Is?ue  "f  Tr.past,!r 

j    ,,  .  ...  .  -  .  ....  „     ,    .,  notes  under  §5    ex- 

doliars  is  authorized  to  be  extended  to  ten  millions  of  dollars.  tended  to  $10,000,- 

Approved  Sept.  23,  1S82.  o0iJ- 


Chap.  VII. — An  Act  t)  provide  for  the  payment  of  certain  claims  against  the  Confederate  States  in        Sept.  23,  1863. 

the  State  of  Missouri. 

The  Confess  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America   do  enact,   That  I.0ffi?^r.and  .?0?- 

v?  «/  »'  */  *  cIIpi's  in   Missouri,  bt*- 

all  officers  and  soldiers  belonging  to  the  Confederate  States  service  who  longing  toe.  s.  ser- 
were  enrolled  into  said  service  under  the    command  of  Major  General  uioeonimandofMa- 
Sterling  Price,  in  the  State  of  Missouri,  shall  be  allowed   bv  the  quar-  j°r  General  Price ,  t;. 
termasters  of  the  respective  corps  in  the  Confederate   Arm}7  to  which 
such  officers  and  soldiers   may  belong,  compensation    according   to  the 
laws  of  the  Confederate  States  for  that  period  of  their  service  between 
the  time  of  such  troops  having  been  actually  enrolled  in  the  Confede- 
rate service   and    the  time  of  their  regular   acceptance  by  the  proper 
authorities  as  Confederate  troops. 

Sec.  2.  All  officers   and    soldiers  of  the  Missouri  State  Guard,  called     A,i0;  officers  and 

■    .        ,  .  c   ,,         „       „    ,  _,  i.i  i  c  soldiers  of  the.  Mis- 

mto  the  service  oi   tne   Ccniederate   States   by  the   order  ot  any  com- souri  state  Guard  in 
manding  officer   of  the   Confederate  Army,  and   rendering  service  to  thesa"'oscrvice- 
the  Confederate  States  under  any  agreement  made  between  the  authori- 
ties of  the  State  of  Missouri  and  those  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall 
receive  the  same  pay  for   the  time  during   which   such  officers  and  sol- 
diers may  have  been  in  such  service  as  they  would   have  been  entitled 
to  receive  if  belo;  ging  to   the    Confederate  Army;   Provided,  however,     Proviso. 
That  all  staff  officers  belonging  to  said  Missouri  State  Guard  shall  only 
receive  for  their  services  the  same  compensation  with  staff  officers  dis- 
charging like  duties  in  the  Confederate  Army. 


GO 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Gs.  8,  9,  10.     1862. 


Certificate  of 
vice  required. 


Affidavit. 


Sec.  3  Before  any  officer  or  soldier  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  pay 
under  the  provisions  of  the  two  preceding  sections,  he  shall  present  to 
the  officer  to  whom  he  may  apply  for  payment  a  certificate  signed  by 
the  comma-ndant  of  the  division,  brigade,  regiment  or  battalion  to  which 
he  may  have  belonged  at  the  time  of  the  rendition  of  service,  which 
5er-  certificate  shall  state  the  precise  period  during  which  such  officer  or 
soldier  was  in  actual  service,  as  contemplated  in  the  first  and  second 
sections  of  this  act :  And  provided,  further,  That  the  said  officer  or  sol- 
dier shall  file  with  the  disbursing  officer  with  whom  his  applica4ion  for 
payment  may  be  made  his  affidavit  that  the  period  stated  in  said  cer- 
tificate is  the  true  and  correct  time  of  his  actual  service  as  aforesaid, 
and  that  he  is  not  indebted  to  the  Confederate  States  on  any  account 
whatever;  and  thereupon  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  officer  charged 
with  the  payment  of  troops  to  pay  such  claim. 

Approved  Sept.  23,1862. 


Sept  53.1862. 


Chap.  VIII. — Jin  Act  to  regulate  the  rank  of  officers  of  the  Provisional  Corps  of  Engineers. 


wimtrar.krmiybe       j$e    Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

ofthe  Engineer  corps  the  officers  of  the  Engineer  corps  of  the  Provisional  Army  may  have 

Armydurai^bTwar!  ran^  conferred  on  them  during  the  war,  equal  to  that  authorized  by  law 

for  the  Engineer   corps   of   the    Confederate   States  Army :  Provided. 

Number  of  officers  Xhat  the  number  of  officers  in   each  °;rade   be  limited    to  one   colonel, 

in  eacb  grade  limited.  ,.  .  .  °r  ......  ; 

three  lieutenant  colonels,  six  majors,  forty  captains,  thirty  first  lieuten- 
ants and  twenty  second  lieutenants. 

Approved  Sept.  23,  1862. 


Sept.  24,  1862. 


Chap.  IX. — An  Act  amendatory  of  "An  Jlct  to  reorganize  the  Marine  Corps 


Marine    corps   in- 
creased. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  there  shall  be  allowed  to  the  Ma- 
rine corps,  in  addition  to  the  number  of  non-commissioned  officers  and 
musicians  allowed  by  the  first  section  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
May  twentieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  twenty  sergeants, 
,  „  twenty  corporals,  twenty   drummers,    twenty   titers    and  two  principal 

Pay  and  allowance  .   J.  >  '      .       .  •>  ..'  J.  ,      j  l 

of  principal   musi-  musicians,  each   principal  musician  to  receive  the  pay  and  allowance 
eian"  of  a  sergeant  major. 

Afpkoved  Sept.  24,  1862. 


Sent.  25.1862.         Chap.  X. — .In  Act  to  change  the  time  for  the  assembling  of  Congress  for  its  next  regular  session. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enact,    That 

Time  for  as=em-  ^e  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  for  its  next  regu- 

Mingof  Coneres.?  for  ]ar  session,  shall  assemble  on  the  second  Monday  in  January,  eighteen 

sion^cba1!)1^''.  a' &6S   hundred  and  sixty-three,  and  not  on  the  first  Monday    in  December, 

eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Approved  Sept.  25,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.    Ch.  11,  12,  13,  14  15.     1862.  Gl 

Chap.  XI. — An  Act  authorising  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  offer  a  reward  for  the  apprehension         Sept.  23,  1362. 
and  conviction  of  persons  engaged  in  forging  or  uttering  counterfeit  Confederate  Treasury  notes. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Rewards  author 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  offer  Lension, &c, otPper- 
a  reward,  not  to  exceed  five  thousand  dollars,  for  the  apprehension  and  sons  engaged  m  for- 

.     . .  -  ,.-.'  '  '  .     _  sing  Treasury  notes. 

conviction  of  any  person  engaged  in  lorgmg  cr  uttering  counterfeit  Con- 
federate Treasury  notes. 

Approved  Sept.  26,  1862. 


Chap.  XII. — An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  ''-An  Act  to  establish  a  Patent  Office,  and  to  provide         Sept.  ~i.       » .. 
for  the  granting  and  issue  of  patents  for  new  and  useful  discoveries,  inventions,  improvements  and 
designs^"  approved  May  21,  1S61. 


When  chief  clerk 
the  Patent  Oflic 


The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That   f 
the  clause  of  the   second  section  of  the  above   recited   act,  which  re-  may  he  dispensed 
quires  the  appointment  of  a  chief  clerk  of  the  Patent  Office,  shall  not  W1 
be    held    obligatory    if  the   current  business    of   said  office  shall  not 
require  .the  services  of  such   an  officer;  and  that  the   Commissioner  of 
Patents  may,  in  his  discretion,  with  the  approval  of  the  Attorney  Gene- 
ral, dispense  with  a  chief  clerk  for  such  cause,  or  whenever  the  revenue 
of  the  Patent  Office  is  insufficient  to  enable  it  to  be  self-sustaining. 

Approved  Sept.  26,  1862. 


Chap.  XIII. — An  Act  to   determine  the  annual  pay  of  the  Engineer-in-chief  and  passed   assiitant        Sept.  2G,  1862. 

Surgeons  of  the  navy.  —  " 

The    Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That  .  P^X  °f  fE,?%xnc„er~ 

o  j  'j  _  j  »  m-chief  of  the  navy 

the  annual  pay  of  the  Engineer-in-chief  of  the   navy,  and  passed  as-  and  passed  assistant 
sistant  Surgeons  shall  be  as  follows  :  Engineer-in-chief  three  thousand  burseon3' 
dollars  ;  passed  assistant  Surgeons,  for  service  afloat,   seventeen  hun- 
dred dollars  ;   for  shore  or  other  duty,  fifteen  hundred  dollars  ;  when  on 
leave  or  waiting  orders,  twelve  hundred  dollars. 

Approved  Sept.  28,  1862. 


Chap.  XIV. — An  Act  to  increase  the  Signal  corps.  Sept.  27. 1862. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Signal   corps    in- 
the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  may 
appoint  one  major,  ten  first  and  ten  second  lieutenants,  in  the  Signal 
corps,  and  that  the   Secretary  of  War  may  appoint   twenty  additional 
sergeants  in  the  said  corps. 

Approved  Sept.  27,  1862. 


Chap.  XV. — An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  provide  further  for  the  public  defence,'1        Sept.  27,  1862. 
approved  April  16,  1862. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  All  white  men,  re- 
the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  call  out  and  place  in  federate0 states  t>"- 
the  military  service  cf  the  Confederate  States  for  three  years,  unless  tweenthe  ages  of  35 


62  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Gte.  16.     1862. 

fn dttl- mu?arPlaserd  ^e  war  S^0UW   have  been  sooner  ended,  all  white  men,  who  are  resi- 
vice.  ^  '    dents   of  the   Confederate  States,  between   the  ages  of  thirty  five   and 

forty-five  years,  at  the  time  the  call  or  calls  may  be  made,  and  who  are 
not,  at  such  time  or  times,  legally  exempted  from  military  service,  or 
such  part  thereof  as,  in  his  judgment,  may  be  necessary  to  the  public 
defence,  such  call  or  calls  to  be  made  under  the  provisions  and  accord- 
ing to  the  terms  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  an  amendment ;  and  such 
Also  all  persons  authority  shall  exist  in  the  President  during  the  present  war,  as  to  all 
who  now  are  or  may  persons  who  now  are  or  may  hereafter  become   eighteen  years  of  age, 

Siereatler  become  18  '       ■■        ,  11     i        n  i     ±  ,i  '  c      •    i  i  l 

years  of  age.  and  when  once  enrolled,  all  persons   between  the  ages  or  eighteen  and 

forty-five  shall  serve  their  full  time  :  Provided,  That  if  the  President, 
in  calling  out  troops  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall 
first  call  for  only  a  part  of  the  persons  between  the  ages  hereinbefore 
stated,  he  shall  call  for  those  between  the  ages  of  thirty-five  and  any 

"Whcrp   rtll   "\yg  not  •  •  * 

required,  who  to  be  other  age  less  than  forty- five :  Provided,  That  nothing  herein  contain- 

Sm called  out.         ecj  shall  be   understood   as  repealing  or   modifying  any  part  of  the  act 

to  which  this  is   amendatory,  except  as  herein   expressly  stated  :  And 

Provided,  further,  That  those  called  out   under  this  act,  and  the  act  to 

which  this  is  an  amendment,  shall  be  first  and  immediately  ordered  to 

Disposition   made  ^  *°  their  maximum  number  the  companies,  battalions,  squadrons  and 

ofpersons  called  into  regiments    from    the    respective    States    at    the     time    the     act    to 

the  military  sen  ;e.  f^^g,.  provide  for  the  public    defence,    approved    sixteenth  April, 

one    thousand    eight   hundred    and    sixty-two,    was    passed,    and   the 

surplus,    if   any,    shall    be    assigned    to    organizations    formed  '  from 

each  State  since  the  passage  of  that  act,  or  placed  in  new  organizations 

to  be  officered  by  the  State  having  such  residue,  according  to  the  laws 

_     .,  thereof,  or  disposed  of  as  now  provided   bylaw:  Provided    That  the 

President  ir ny  ?';;?-  '  i  •*    .  , 

pend  the  execution  President   is  authorized  to  suspend  the  execution  of  this  act,  or  the  act 
Set  of  Amii  16  di863  to  which  this   is  an   amendment,  in  any  locality  where   he  may  find  it 
in  certain  localities'  impracticable  to  execute  the  same,  and  that  in  such  locality,  and  during 
pension"maSyrecei've  said  suspension,  the  President  is  authorized  to  receive  troops  into  the 
u-oops  therefrom.       Confederate  service,  under  any  of  the  acts  passed  by  the  Confederate 
Congress  prior  to  the  passage  of  the  act  to  provide  further  for  the  pub- 
lic defence,  approved  sixteenth  April,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-two. 

Approved  Sept.  27,  1862. 


Sept.  37,  1852.        Chap.  XVI. — An  Act  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  sums  ascertained  to  be  due  for  postal  ser- 
vice to  citizens  of  the  Confederate  Stales  by  tlie  Poshriader  General. 

Postmaster  Gene-       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enact,  That  the 
fmnuUue  to  persons  Postmaster-General  of  the  Confederate  States  do  proceed  to  pay  to  the  se- 
^ce^end'ered'ur^r  vera^  persons,  or  their  lawfully  authorized  agents  or  representatives,  the 
contracts  or  appoint-  sums  respectively  found  due  and  owing  to  them  for  postal  service  render- 
ue8!SGo\acdrnmentthS  e^  m  any  of  the  States  of  this  Confederacy,  under  contracts  or  appoint- 
ments made  by  the  United  States  Government,  before  the  Confederate 
States  Government  took  ciiarge  of  such  service,  as  the  said  sums  have 
been  audited   and   ascertained   by  him  under  the   provisions  of  an  Act 
entitled   "  An  Act  to  collect  for  distribution  the  moneys  remaining  in 
the  several  post-offices  of  the  Confederate  States  at  the  time  the  postal 
service  was  taken  in  charge  by  said  Government,"  approved  the  thirtieth 
1861,  Aug.  so.       August,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one  ;  but  the  sums  authorized  by  this 
Act  to  be  paid  are  only  the  balances  found  due  after  all  proper  deductions 
shall  have  been  made  on  account  of  previous  payments  made  by  the  United 
States,  or  any  of  the  States,  or  of  available  provisions  made  in  whole  or  in 


FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Ch.  17.     1362.  63 

part  for  such  payment  by.  said  Government,  or  of  any  of  the  States,  and 
after  making  all  proper  deductions  for  failures  or  partial  failures  to  per- 
form the  service  according  to  their  several  contracts  or  appointments 
during  the  time  for  which  they  claim  pay :  Provided,  That  the  provi- 
sions of  this  Act  shall  only  extend  to  loyal  citizens  of  the  Confederate 
States. 

Approved  Sept.  27,  1862. 


Proviso. 


Chap.  XVII. — An  Act  to  letter  provide  for  the  side  and  wounded  of  the  array  in  hospitals 


of  Ike    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That    Commutation  value 

J    ,  c       l'  c     •    i  ''i     v      ui     i        u-  •       iU      nxedjOt rationsof sol- 

value  ot  raaons  ot  sick  and  disabled  soldiers,  in  the  diers  in  the  hospitals.* 


The    Congress  oj 
the  commutation  value  of  rations  of  sick  and  disabled  soldiers,  in  the  uicrTuuhc hospitals. 
hospitals  of  the  Confederate  States,  is   hereby  fixed   at  one  dollar,  in- 
stead of  the  commutation  now  allowed  by  law,  which  shall  constitute 
the  hospital  fund,  and  be  held  by  the  commissary,  and  be  paid  over  by  w!" 7cm 'am ted5  by 
him,  from  time  to  time,  to  the  Surgeon  or  Assistant  Surgeon  in  charge  whom  held,  and  how 
of  the  hospital  of  which  the  soldier,  whose  ration  was  commuted,  is  an  pl^'"^  °  orappro~ 
inmate,  upon  the  said  Surgeon  or  Assistant  Surgeon's  requisition,  made 
in  writing,  when  necessary  to  purchase  supplies  for  said  hospital :    Pro-     Pr0Vls0- 
tided,  however,  when  said  fund  for  anyone  hospital  shall  increase  over 
and  above  the  monthly  expenditures  of  the  same  to  an  amount  exceed- 
ing the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  the  said  commissary  shall  be  re- 
quired to  deposit  the  said  excess  over  and  above  the  said  five  thousand 
dollars,  in  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  such  other  place 
of  deposit  where  Government  moneys  are  ordered  to  be  kept;   which 
said  deposits,  when  so  made,  shall  be  passed  to  the  credit  of  the  said 
Confederate  States,  and  be  liable  to  draft  as  other  public  moneys  are ; 
and   all  such   funds   shall  be   accounted   for   by  the   said   commissary     Commissary  to  ae- 

••it  i  count  lor  funds. 

in  his  monthly  report  aud  abstract  as  now  required  by  law:    And  pro- 
vided further,  That  all  such  Surgeons  and  Assistant  Surgeons  who  shall  M^ikl^anTgSu°- 
receive  from  the  said  commissary  any  part  of  said  hospital  fund,  to  be  geons. 
expended  for  the  use  of  hospitals,  shall  be  held  liable  for  a  faithful  ap- 
plication of  it,  and  in  a  weekly  account  and   abstract,  to  be  made  out 
and   forwarded   to  the  office  of  the  Surgeon-General,  to  be  verified  in     Account  to  be  ver- 

i  i  i     ii     i  i  i-  •  ■        i  i     ined  by  vouchers. 

every  instance  by  vouchers,  shall  show  What  disposition  has  been  made 
of  it,  which  account,  abstract,  and  accompanying  vouchers,  shall  be 
placed  on  file.  m 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Secretan?  of  War  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  PlippiiesPfo'r  ho'spitais 
to  make  a  contract  with  the  several  railroad  companies  and  lines  of  by  railroads  &  boats, 
boats,  for  the  speediest  practicable  transportation  of  all  supplies  pur- 
chased for  the  use  of  hospitals  by  agents  accredited  by  the  Surgeon  or 
Assistant  Surgeon  in  charge  for  that  purpose,  or  donations  bv  individu- 
als, societies,  or  States;  and  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Quartermaster- 
General  to  furnish  general  transportation  tickets  to  such  agents  upon 
all  railroad  trains  and  canal  boats,  when  engaged  in  the  actual  service 
of  said  hospitals  upon  the  request  of  the  said  Surgeon  or  Assistant  Sur- 
geon. 

Sec.  3.  That  there  shall  be  allowed  to  each  hospital  of  the  Confede-     Clothing    allowed 
rate  States,  suits  of  clothing,  consisting  of  shirts,  pantaloons  and  draw-      '    ^ 
ers,  equal  to  the  number  of  beds   in  the   same,  for  the  use  of  the  sick 
while   in  the   hospitals,  when   so  ordered   by  the   Surgeon  or  Assistant 
Surgeon  in  charge,  which  said  clothing  shall  be  drawn  upon  the  written 
requisition  of  said  Surgeon  or  Assistant  Surgeon,  and  shall  be  receipted 


U  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  U.     1862. 

for  and  kept  as  hospital  clothing,  and  be  accounted  for  by  him  as  other 
public  propertj'. 
.  aieUiri0n^esaiiKi  aT      Sec.  4.  That  there   be  allowed   to  each   hospital,  with  rations   and 
tendants  allowed.      suitable  places  of  lodging,  the  following  matrons  and  female  nurses  and 
attendants,  viz  :    Two  matrons,  to  be  known  and  designated  as  hospital 
matrons  in  chief,  at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  forty  dollars  per  month  each, 
•      whose  general   duties  shall   be  to  exercise  a  superintendence  over  the 
entire  domestic  economy  of  the  hospital,  to  take  charge  of  such  delica- 
cies as  may  be  provided  for  the  sick,  to  apportion  them  out  as  required, 
to  see  that  the  food  or  dist  is  properly  prepared,  and  all  such  other  du- 
ties as  may  be  necessary.     Two  matrons,  to  be  known  and  designated 
as  assistant  matrons,  whose  general  duties  shall  be  to  superintend  the 
laundry,  to  take  charge  of  the  clothing  of  the  sick,  the  bedding  of  the 
hospital,  to  see  that  they  are  kept  clean  and   neat,  and   perform  such 
other  duties  as  may  be  necessary,  at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  thirty-five 
dollars  per  month  each.    Two.  matrons  for  each  ward,  at  a  salary  not  to 
exceed  thirty  dollars  per  month  each,  to   be   known  and  designated  as 
ward-matrons,  whose  general  duties  shall  be  to  prepare  the   beds  and 
bedding  of  their  respective  wards,  to  see  that  they  are   kept  clean  and 
in  order,  that  the  food  or  diet  for  the  sick  is  carefully  prepared  and  fur- 
nished to  them,  the  medicine  administered,  and  that  all  patients  requir- 
ing careful  nursing  are  attended  to,  and  all  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
Purgeons  and  As-  necessary.     And  all  Surgeons  and   Assistant  Surgeons  in  charge  of  a 
employ  o™h^r°nurso/  hospital  are  hereby  authorized  to  employ  such  other  nurses,  either  male 
cooks  and  ward-mas-  or  female,  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  proper  care  and  attention  of  the 
sick,  at  a  salary  each  not  to  exceed   twenty-five  dollars  per  month,  and 
also  the  necessary  cooks,  at  a  salary  not  to  exceed  twent}r-five  dollars 
each  per  month,  and  one  ward-master  for  each  ward,  at  a  salary  not  to 
exceed   twenty-five  dollars   per  month  each,  giving  preference  in  all 
cases  to  females  where  their  services  may  best  subserve  the  purpose  ; 
When  soldiers  in  an(J  in  the  event  a  sufficient  number  of  such  nurses  and  ward-masters 
assigned   as  nurses  cannot  be  employed,  not  liable  to  military  service,  and  it  shall  become' 
and  ward  masters,     necessary  to  assign  to  this  duty  soldiers  in  the  service,  then,  upon  the 
requisition  of  such  Surgeon  or  Assi-tant   Surgeon   in    charge  of  such 
hospital,  the  soldier  or  soldiers  so  assigned,  who  are  skillful  and  com- 
petent, shall  be  permanently  detailed  to  this  duty,  and -shall  only  be  re- 
movable for  neglect  or  inattention  by  the  Surgeon  or  Assistant  Surgeon 
Proviso-  in  charge:  Provided,  In  all  cases,  that  all  other  attendants  and  servants, 

not  herein  provided  for,  necessary  to  the  service  of  said  hospital,  shall 
be  allowed,  as  now  provided  by  law. 
Hospitals  to  lie      Sec.  5.  That  the  hospitals  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  hereafter 
tais  of  a  particular  be  known  and    numbered  as  hospitals  of  a  particular  State  ;  and  in  all 
State-  cases  where   the   same   can  be   done   without  injury  to  the  patients  or 

great  inconvenience  to  the  government,  all   sick  or   wounded  soldiers, 
Sick  or  woumied  being   citizens  or  residents  of  such  particular   State,  shall  be  sent  to 

soldiers  to  be  sent  to  ,  °.  .      ,  .  ,  l  ,  .  .        ,  D.    , 

hospital  representing  such  ho.spital  as    may  represent  the  same,  and  to  such  private  or  fetate 
they  reside in  W''ich  hospitals  representing  the  same,  which  may  be  willing  to  receive  them. 
Nurses,  cooks, ju-.,     «Sec.  6.  That  all  persons  authorized  to  be  employed  by  section  fourth 
by  whom"  anid  how! '  of  this  act,  who  are   not -engaged   in  the   military   service,  and   whose 
pay  is  not  now  provided  for  by  law,  shall  be  paid  monthly  by  any  quar- 
termaster or  other  person  authorized  to  pay  troops  in  the  military  ser- 
vice, upon  a  muster  or  pay  roll,  to  be  made  out  and  certified  to  by  the 
surgeon  or  assistant  having  in  charge  the  hospital  or  hospitals  in  which 
said  persons  have  been  employed. 
Secretary  of  War      Sec.  7.  That  the   Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  authorized,  in    such 
certelnarrangementa  way  an(^  manner  as  he  may  deem  best,  and  under  such  rules  and  regu- 
tor  the  transportation  lations  as  he  may  prescribe,  to  enter  into  and  perfect  some  suitable  ar- 


FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  II.     Cii.    18,  19.     1862.  05 

rangement  with   the  railroad   companies,   their  officers   or   authorized  °"dra^ru0ua,ijCdf  soi- 
agents,  whereby  seats  in  one  or  more  cars  of  each  railroad  train,  as  the  diers. 
necessities  of  the  case  may  be,  shall'be  reserved  for  the  use  of  the  sick 
and  wounded  soldiers  who  may  desire  transportation  on  any  such  rail- 
road, and  that  no  person  not  sick  or  wounded,  and  not  an  attendant  upon 
the  sick  and  wounded,  shall  be  permitted  to  enter  any  such  car  or  cars 
so  reserved  until  the  said  sick  and  wounded  and  their  attendants  shall 
first  have   obtained  seats  ;   and,  also,  shall  perfect  some   arrangement 
with  the  said  railroad  companies,  their   officers  or  agents,  whereby  all 
conductors  having  in  charge  any  such   traius  shall  be  required  to  pro-     And  also  for  a  suf- 
vide,  for  the  use  of  the  sick  and  wounded  in  the  cars  so  reserved,  a  suf-  ^re^aSto  their 
cient  quantity  of  puve  water.  use  in  the  ears. 

Sec.  8.  That  all  surgeons  and  assistant  surgeons  in  charge  of  a  hos- 
pital, having  in  his  or  their  charge  any  sick  or  wounded  soldier,  desiring 
transportation  as   aforesaid,  shall,  in  all  cases,  detail   some   competent     Surgeons  to  detail 

1  .  ....  .  .  -.  -tiii  persons     to    accom- 

person,  acting  under  his  or  their  authority,  wThose   duty  it  shall  be  to  pany  the  sick  and 
accompany  all   such   sick  and  wounded  to  the  depot  of   any  such  rail-  ^""f"1  t0  railro:id 
road,  to  see  that  all  such  are  properly  cared  for,  and   that  they  obtain     Their  duties, 
scats  on  the  said  car  or  cars  so  reserved. 

Approved  Sept.  27,  1862. 


Chap.  XVIIT. — An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  divide  the  State  of  Texas  into  two        Sept.  30, 1862. 
Judicial  Districts,  and  to  p>rovidefor  the  appointment  of  Judges  and  officers  in  the  same."     '  ■ 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,   That     Eastern  Districtof 
the  counties  of  Matagorda,  Wharton,  Colorado,  Washington  and  Burle-  ai£e 

son  are  hereby  attached  to  the  Eastern  District  of  Texas,  and  all  suits 
hereafter  instituted  against  persons  residing  in  any  of  said  counties 
shall  be  instituted  in  the  court  of  said  district  held  at  Galveston,  until 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  judge  of  said  district  :  Provided,  however,  Proviso. 
That  all  suits  and  other  proceedings  instituted  against  persons  or  pro- 
perty in  any  of  said  counties  shall  be  prosecuted  to  final  judgment  and 
execution  under  the  laws  now  in  force.  Marshal  to  be  ap- 

^  -i      mi  •  ini-Tiri       t\-        •  „  pointed  for  the  court 

Sec.  2.    that  there  shall  be  appointed  a  Marshal  for  the  District  of  held  at  Galveston. 
Eastern  Texas,  for  the  court  held  at   Galveston,  and   the  Marshal  fpr  dE^oi-  pastern 
the  District  of  Eastern  Texas  shall  be  the   Marshal  for  the  court  held  Texas  to  be  ttie Mar- 

,  m    i  shal     for    the    court 

at  lyler.  held  at  Tyler. 

Approved  Sept.  30,  1862. 


Chap.  XIX. — Jn  Act-  to  amend  Acts  Kos.  223  and  311  of  the  Provisional  Congress  so  as  io  au-        Sept.  30,  1862. 
thorize  an  extension  of  the  time  for  selling  property  for  taxes  in  default. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     The  time  for  the 
whenever  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  have  found  it  necessary  seinnj^VV^ty8  in' 
to  extend  the  time  for  making  the  assessments  aad  returns  provided  for  default  of  payment, 
by  said  acts,  he  shall  have  authority,  at  his  discretion,  to  make  an  ex-     i86i,Aug.  19. 
tension  of  the  time  fixed  by  said  acts,  for  the   payment  of  the  tax,  or     1861,  Dec.  19. 
for  the  sale  in  default   of  said    payment,  and   otherwise    to  provide  as 
may  be  necessary  to  render  efficient  the  execution  of  the  said  acts,  not- 
withstanding such  extension. 

Approved  Sept.  30,  1862. 


66  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  IJ.     Ch.  20,  21,  22.     18S2. 

Oct.  2,  1S63.  Chap.  XX. — An  Act  to  enable  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  to  provide  the  means  of 

..military  transportation  by  the  construction  of  a  railroad  between  Blue  Mountain,  in  the 
State  of  Alabama,  and  Rome  in  the  State  of  Georgia. 

Preamble.  Whereas,  The  Confederate  States  are  engaged  in  a  war,  the  extent 

of  which  has  no  parallel  in  modern  history,  and  the  President,  by  his 
message   of  the  twenty-fourth  of  September,    eighteen   hundred  and 
sixty-two,  to    the    Congress,    has    recommended    the    importance  of 
constructing  a  railroad  between  Blue    Mountain,  in    Calhoun  county, 
Alabama,  and  Rome,  in  the    State  of  Georgia,  as  a  means  of  transpor- 
tation needful  for  the  public  defence,  and  the  construction  of  which 
is  also    strongly    recommended  by    the    General  in    command    of  the 
military  district  in  which  said  road  is  situated  :  Therefore, 
Construction  of  rail       The    Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
tw^enUBiueZMoun-  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  make 
tain,  in  caihoun  eo.,  au  contracts,  embracing  such  terms  and  provisions  as  he  may  deem  ex- 
'     '  pedient,  to  effect  a  speedy  construction  and  completion  of  the  link  of 
railroad  aforesaid,  with  the  several  railroad  companies  whose  charters 
extend  over  said  line,  in  the  manner  he  may  think  best  calculated  to 
promote  the  public  interest  and  provide  for  the  public  defence. 
Appropriation  for      Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  to  enable  the  President  to  accom- 
this purpose.  plish  the  object  Herein  contemplated,  the  sum  of  one  million  one  hun- 

dred and   twenty-two  thousand,  four  hundred   and  eighty  dollars   and 
ninety-two  cents,  in  the  bonds  of  the  Confederate  States,  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated, to  be  issued  and  applied  by  the  order  of  the  President,  at 
such  times  and  in  such  sums  as  he  may  deem  proper ;   and  that  the 
Mortgage  on   the  President  be  directed  to  take  a  mortgage  on  said  road  and  its  appurte- 
road  to  be  taken.       nances  for  the  ultimate  repayment  of  the  money  so  expended,  with 
interest  at  eight  per  centum  per  annum,  in  aid  of  its  construction. 
Approved  Oct.  2,  1-862. 


Oct.  2, 1862.  C::ap.  XXI. — An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  providing  for  the  appointment  of  Adju- 

tants of  regiments  and  legions,  of  the  grade  of  subaltern,  in  addition  to  the  subalterns  at- 
tached to  companies,"  approved  August  3lst,  1801. 

Act  of  August  31,       The    Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  Ameaica  do  enact,  That 

ti»r  ap^ntm'ent  fof tne  provisions  of  said  Act  shall  be  extended  so  as  to  apply  to  indepen- 

Adjntantsofregm't3,  dent  battalions,  and  that  on  the  recommendation  of  the  commander  of 

subaltern,6 extended  an7  s\.\ch.  battalion,  an  Adjutant  of  the  grade  of  subaltern  may  be  ap- 

Bo  as  to  apply  to  in-  pointed  by  the  President  for  said  battalion,  who  is  not  attached  as  sub- 
dependent  battalions   '  *  .  1    .1      .         "I     A    V     L        .         1  '     i     J       1      11 

altern  to  said  battalion,  and  that  said  Adjutant,  when  so  appointed,  shall 
Rank,  pay  and  ai-  have  the  same  rank,  pay  and  allowance  as  are  provided  by  law  for  Ad- 
lowance.  jutants  of  regiments. 

Approved  Oct.  2,  1S62. 


Oct.  2.  ISfi^.         Chap.  XXII.— An  Act  supplemental  to  "An  Act  authorizing  the  Secretary  of    War  to  grant 

1  ransfers,-"  approved  September  -2rM,  1S62. 

soldiers    transfer-       The    Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,   That 
wnhua^PoSn6d  whenever  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  grant  transfers  agreeable  to  the 
above  Act  to  any  soldier  now  in  the  service,  he  shall  furnish  transpor- 
tation also. 

Approved  Oct.  2,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  23/24,  25.     1S62.  67 

Chap.  XXIII. — An  Act  to  empower  certain  persons  to  administer  oaths  in  certain  cases.  Oct.  2,  1862. 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,   That     oath  required  to 
the  oath  required  to  enable  sick,  wounded,  or  other  soldiers  to  receive  cefve^heirTavTbo" 
their  pay,  may  be  taken  before  any  Quartermaster,  who  is  hereby  au-  forewiiom  to  be  ta- 
thorized  to  administer  the  same,  or  before  any  Justice  of  the  peace  hay- 
ing jurisdiction,  or  any  other  officer  having  the  right  by  the  laws  of  the 
State  to  administer  oaths. 

Approved  Oct.,  2,  1882. 


Chap.  XXIV. — .in  Act  to  permit  enlistments  in  the  A'avy  and  Marine  corps.  Oct.  2, 1862. 


The    Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Persons  subject  to 

r  i     Vi         a  „     e  if      1  .1  _  u-ij  11     enrollment  for  mili- 

lrom  and  alter  the  passage  or  tnis  Act,  any  person  subject  to  enroll-  tary service  may  en- 
ment  for  military  service  under  the  Acts  of  Congress  providing  for  the  list  in  the   Marine 
public  defence,  shall  be  permitted  to  enlist  in  the  Marine  corps  at  any 
time  prior  to  being  mustered  into  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  : 
Provided,  That  the  number  of  men  so  enlisted  does  not  increase  the     Proviso. 
Marine  corps  beyond  the  strength  authorized  by  law. 

Sec.  2.  That  if  any  person  who  has  been  or  is  about  to  be  enrolled  May  be  enrolled  for 
for  service  in  the  Army  shall,  at  any  time  before  being  assigned  to  any  or^MaVniVeorp^at 
company,  declare  to  the  enrolling  or  commanding  officer  that  he  pre-  any  time  before  as- 

c         t     •  11     j  r  ii l     v  ,1       i\,t      •  -i     1     11  l      signmenttoany com- 

iers  being  enrolled  lor  service  in  the  Navy  or  the  Marine  corps,  it  shall  be  pany. 

the  duty  of  the  said  officer  to  enroll  such  person  for  the  service  which     Pay  of  sailors  and 

r  -1    ,      ,  -i  .      ,1        o  ,  c     1        ^t  i-    .       „  marines  increased. 

he  may  prefer,  and  to  transmit  to  the  Secretary  ot  tne  Navy  a  list  of 
the  persons  so  enrolled. 

Sec.  3.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  pay  of  sail-  Duty  of  enrolling 
ors  and  marines  shall  be  increased  four  dollars  per  month.  officer. 

Approved  Oct.  2,  1862. 


Chap  XXV. —  An  Act  supplementary  to  '■''An  Act  concerning  the  pay  and  allowance  due  to  de-  Oct.  3,  1862. 

ceased,  soldiers,"  approved  February  \5th,  1862,  and,  to  provide  for  the  prompt  settlement  of 
claims  for  arrearages  of  pay ,  allowances  and  bounty  due  deceased  officers  aud  soldiers. 

The  Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That     When  claims  due 

,    .  i         i       i  i  •      •  i      re  i  t°    deceased    n  o  n  - 

claims  due  to  deceased  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  ior  pay,  commissioned    om- 
allowances  and  bounty,  may  be  audited  and   paid  without  the  necessi-  cert  an?,  Pri™te8 

i  ,     ,    J        ■,  iii-  •  any  be  paid  without 

ty  ct  the   parties   entitled  producing  a  pay  roll  from   the   captain  or  producing  pay  roil. 
commanding  officer,  when  there  is  other  official  evidence  of  the  amount 
due  satisfactory  to  the  second  auditor,  under  such  regulations  as  he  has 
or  may  prescribe,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Sec.  2.  The  claims  of  deceased  commissioned  officers  shall  be  paid     Claims  of  deceased 

,      .,     •     i     ■  ,    ,•  ■      ,.  ..,,*.         commissioned     offi- 

to  their  heirs  or  representatives  in  tne  same   manner  as  similar  claims  Cers  paid  in  same 
of  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  are  now  or  may  be  directed  manner  as  claims  of 

u      i  i      u  -j  j  i  ■   ,iL  i  im.        •  xi-     x      u      non-commissioned 

by  law  to  be  paid  ;   and  to  assist  the  second  auditor  in  more  erxectually  officers  and  privaies. 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this   act  and  other  pressing  business  of 
his  office,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  authorized  to  appoint  an  ex- 
perienced accountant  who,  with   the  chief  clerk,  shall   have  authority     Experienced    ac- 
to  sign  and  attest  such  official  business  as  said  auditor  shall  approve  ported" t^'aJsis't  se- 
and  direct.  cond  auditor. 

Sec  3.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereb}'  authorized  to  em- 
ploy in  the  office  of  the   second  auditor  as  many  additional  temporary     Also,   additional 
clerks  as  he  may  think  necessary,  to  assist  said  auditor  in  the  settle-  ten,P°rary clerks. 


68  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Cm   26,  27,  28-     1862. 

ment  of  the  claims  of  deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  the  compensation 
Compensation.       0f  gajcj  clerks  {0  be  four  dollars  per  day,  and  without  any  addition  what- 
ever, for  every  day  they  shall  be  so  actually  engaged,  except  one,  whose 
annual  compensation  shall  be  fifteen  hundred   dollars,  the  others  to  be 
paid  weekly  at  the  Treasury,  upon  a  certificate  of  service  of  said  audi- 
tor. 
Commencement  of      Sec.  4  This  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage,  and  the  third  sec- 
t^^o-ithm-'i'nibice'  *'on  shall  continue  in  force  for  twelve  months  and  no  longer. 
Approved  Oct.  3,  1862. 


Oct.  6. 1852.  Chap.  XXVI.— An  Act  to  provide  for  the  organization  of  army  corps. 


President   author-       The  Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

visions0  ot?theZprol-  the  sixth  section  of  an  Act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,  approved 

visional  Army  into  March  sixth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  be  so  amended  as  to  au- 

appoin't  officers  thorize   the  President  to  organize  divisions  of  the  Provisional  Army  of 

the    Confederate  States  into  army  corps,  and,  by  and  with  the  advice 

and  consent  of  the  Senate,  to  appoint  officers  to  the  command  thereof. 

Approved  Oct.  6,  1862. 


Oct.  6,  1853.  Chap.  XXVII. — An  Actio  authorize  the  judges  of  District  Courts  to  change  the  place  of  hold- 
iag  court  in  certain  cases. 

when  the  peaces       j1^  Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

for  holding  the  Dis-  °  •'«         .    .        J  J  ' 

met  courts  may; be  where  the  place  of  holding  any  district  court  of  the  Confederate  States 
changed.  jg  established  by  law,  and  such   place  shall  be  in  the  occupation  of,  or 

in  danger  of  attack  by  the  enemy,  or  when  any  contagious  or  epidemic 
disease  may  prevail  at  such  place,  the  judge  of  the  district  may  change 
the  place  for  holding  the  court  to  some  other  convenient  point  in  the 
district,  by  causing  the  marshal  to  give  public  notice  for  twenty  days 
of  such  change, 
order  making  the      Sec.  2.  The  order  making  the  chancre  of  place  for  holding  court  shall 

chanjre   may   be    re-  ,  i      j       u  ,.  ,i  ?         in 

voked.  be  revoked  whenever  the  cause  therefor  shall  cease. 

Commencement  of        SeC.  3.    Th 


act. 


Approved 


is  act  shall  take  effect  from  its  passage, 
Oct.  6,  1862. 


Oct   6.  1853. 


Chap.  XXVIII. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  Postmaster  General  to  employ  special  agents  to  super- 
intend and  secure  the  certain  and  speedy  transportation  of  the  mads  across  the  Mississippi 
River,  inlhe  Confederate  States. 

Postmaster  Genera!  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
Mentsufsuperinterfd1  tne  Postmaster  General  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  employ  such 
transportation  of  special  agents  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  superintend  and  secure  the 

mails  across  the  Mis-  i  ,  .    -       ,  -~-  ...  <?  ii  -i  ±1        ««■ 

sissippi river.  speedy  and  certain  transportation  of  the   mails   across  the  Mississippi 

river,  in  the  Confederate  States,  at  such  points  as  may  be  found  practi- 
cable for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  such  agents  shall   receive 

Their  pay  and  ai-  the  same  pay  and  allowance  for  their   services   as  is  paid  and  allowed 

to  special  agents  of  the  Post  Office  Department,  and  that  this  act  shall 

Act  to  continue  in  continue  in  force  during  the  existence  of  the  present  war  between  the 

force  during  the  war.  United  gtates  and  the  Confederate  States. 

Approved  Oct.  6,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  29,  30,  31,  32.     1862.  G9 

Chap.  XXIX.— An  Act  to  authorize  the  establishment  of  Camps  of  Instruction  and  the  appoint-      October  8,  1862. 
mt-.nf.  of  officers  to  command  the.  same. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  _  Camps  of  instruc- 
the  President  be  and  he  is  authorized  to  establish  camps  of  instruction  roiled  for  military 
for  persons  enrolled  for  military  service,  at  such  places  and  in  such  "ervice- 
numbers  in  the  several  states  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  to  ap-  0ffipcder5  to  be  ap~ 
point,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  officers  in  tend  the  same;  their 
the  Provisional  Army,  with  the  rank  and  pay  of  major,  to  superintend  rank  aildija>'- 
and  command  the  same. 

Approved  Oct.  8,  1862. 


Chap.  XXX. — An  Act  to  repeal  the  law  authorising  Commutation  for  Soldiers'  Clothing,  and      October  8.  1862. 
to  require  Clothing  to  be  furnished  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in  kind. 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do   enact,  That     secretary  of  War 
so  much  of  the  existing  law  as  provides  commutation   for  clothing  to  Ashing  clothes  to  me 
the   soldiers   in   the   service  of  the    Confederacy,  be   and  the  same  is  so!di«s- 
hereby  repealed  ;   and  hereafter  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  provide  in 
kind  to  the  soldiers,  respectively,  the  uniform  clothing  prescribed  by  the 
regulations  of  the  army  of  the    Confederate   States;   and   should    any     soldiers  to  be  paid 
balance  of  clothing"   be  due  to  anv  soldier  at  the  end   of  the   vear.  the  th<Lmon?y  v,aiue  "f 

i  11  -i  ii-  i-        clothing  due  mem  at 

money  value  ot  such    balance  shall   be  paid  to  such  soldier,  according  the  end  of  the  year, 
to  the  value  of  such  clothing  fixed   and  announced   by  order  from  the 
War  Department. 

Approved  Oct.  8,  1862. 


CnAP.  XXXI. — An  Act  to  encourage  the  Manufacture  of  Clothing  and  Shoes  for  the  Army.  October  8,  1862. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  .7fresideilt  au;h°r- 
the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  import,  duty  free,  cards  or  card  free,  machinery  or 
cloth,  or  any  machinery  or  materials  necessary  for  increasing  the  man-  n^faiture^of^eioth- 
ufacture  of  clothing  for  the  army,  or  any  articles  necessary  for  supply-  ing,  shoes,  &c,  for 
ing  the  deficiency  of  clothing  or  shoes,  or  materials  for  shoes  for  the  "^  !IUi' 
army. 

Sec  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  any  machinery,  or  parts  of  ma-  mfCMM™atmayS  be 
chinery  or  materials  imported  as  aforesaid,  may  be  worked   on  govern-  worked  on  Govern- 

i.  j.  i  i  u       a  ii        j-  i-  c  ii       Ti        -j       j.  meat    account,    or 

ment  account,  or  leased  or  sold,  at  the  discretion  ot  the  President.         leased  or  sold. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  may  extend  the  The  privilege  of 
privileges  of  this  Act  to  companies  or  individuals,  subject  to  such  regu-  tende^to^ompanies 
lations  as  he  may  prescribe.  or  individuals. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  clothing   required   to  be  furnished  to  the  troops  of     Clothing  for  the 

,!-[->••  ia  j  -i-  i  i  c  i_  i  •     j  armvmavbeofsuch 

the  Provisional  Army  under  any  existing  law  may  be  ot  such  kind,  as  c0|Ov  aaA  quality  as 
to  color  and   quality,  as  it  may  be  practicable  to  obtain,  any  law  to  the  may  be  obtained. 
contrary  notwithstanding. 
Approved  Oct.  8.  1862. 


Chap.  XXXII. — An  Act  to   refund  toihe  State  of  Louisiana  the  excess  of  the  War  Tax  over-      October  8, 1862. 

paid,  by  her. 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That  pa-^p/^f0™ouo 
the  sum  of  seventy  thousand  dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereb}r  appro-  mana  the  excess  of 


70  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  33,  34,  35.     1862. 

the  war  tax  overpaid  priated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated, 
to  be  paid  to  the  state  of  Louisiana,  the  same  being  the  estimated  ex- 
cess of  the  war  tax  overpaid  by  her  ;  the  said  payment  to  be  made  to 
the  governor  of  the  state  of  Louisiana  or  his  authorized  agent,  subject 
to  a  final  adjustment  whenever  the  assessments  and  returns  of  the  war 
tax  for  said  state  shall  be  completed. 
Approved  Oct.  8,  1862. 


October  8,  1862.        Chap.  XXXIII. — An  Act  to  repay  to  the  State  of  North  Carolina  ike  excess  oner  her  quota  paid 
by  her  into  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States  on  account  of  the  War  Tax. 

Appropriation   to       The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
North  Carolina  the  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eleven  thousand  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
fax  overpaid  by  her!  f°ur  dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents,  be  paid  to  the  state  of  North  Carolina, 
out  of  any  moneys  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  the  same 
being  the  excess  over   her  quota  paid   by  her  into  the  treasury  of  the 
Confederate  States  on  account  of  the  war  tax. 
Approved  Oct.  8,  1862. 


October  8,  1S52.       Chap.  XXXIV. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  further  provide  for  the  public 

defence?'  approved  15th  April,  1862,  and  the  Act  to  amend  the  same,  approved  September 

27th,  1863. 

Persons  subject  to  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
eiliro 'Wed1  wherever  a^  persons  subject  to  enrollment  for  military  service  may  be  enrolled 
found.  under  instructions  from  the  War  Department,  and  reported  by  the  en- 

rolling officer  wherever  found,  whether  within  the  state  or  county  of 
their  residence  or  not ;   and   when  so  enrolled,  shall   be   subject  to  the 
provisions  of  law  as  fully  as  if  enrolled  within  the  county  and  state  of 
Tin;  act  not  to  ex-  which  t.iey  may  be  residents  :  Provided,  That  this  act  shall  not  extend 
tend  to  members  ot  j.Q  an„  member  of  a  military  organization  under  any  state  law  while  he 

III  1  1  1  13.13       Ol  {•All  lZd-  y  .  •  •  .  •  • 

tions  under  State  remains  in  actual  service  within  the  limits  of  his  state:  And  provided, 

'"president   author- further ,  That  the   President  is  authorized  to  suspend  the  execution  of 

izedto  suspend  this  this  act   as   regards  the  residents  of  any  locality  where  he  may  find  it 

dents  of  certain  To-  impracticable  to  execute  the  act  entitled    "  An  Act  to  further  provide 

tali862  April  16       'or  tne   Public   defence,"  approved  April   sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred 

and  sixty-two,  and   the  act  to  amend  the  last  mentioned  act,  approved 

1862,  Sept.  27.      September  twenty-seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Approved  Oct.  8,  1862. 


October  8   1862.        Chap.  XXXV. — .In  Jlt:t  to  amend  an  art  entitled  "  Jin  Act  for  the  organization  of  the  Staff  Dc- 
partments  of  the  Army  of  the  Conjederale  States  of  America,"  approved  March  Hi/;,  1861. 

Act  of  i soi, March  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,.  That 
the  first  section  of  the  act  entitled  "  An  Act  for  the  organization  of  the 
Staff  Departments  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America," 
approved  March  fourteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  be 
toeSwS  amended  by  adding  to  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  Generaf's  Depart- 
(Vdjiitantandlnspec- ment  one  Assistant  Adjutant  General  with  the  rank  of  colonel. 

;or  General's  Depart-  . J 


G 

Adj 

tor  General's  Depart 

,ue"t-  Approved  Oct.  8,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Oh.  36.     1862.  71 

Chap.  XXXVI. — An  Art  to  organize  military  courts  to  attend  the  Army  of  the  Confederate 

States  in  the  field,  and  to  define  the  powers  of  said  courts.  Oct.  9,  1662. 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  .  *SSK.?nr,B  to 
courts  shall  be   organized,  to   be  known  as  military  courts,  one  to  at- 
tend each  army  corps  in  the  field,  under  the  direction  of  the  President. 
Each  court  shall  consist  of  three  members,  two  of  whom  shall  consti-    To  consist  of  three 
tute  a  quorum,  and  each  member  shall  be  entitled  to  the  rank  and  pay  mRankandpay?™p^ 
of  a  colonel   of  cavalry,  shall   be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  poimment. 
with  the  advice  and   consent  of  the   Senate,  and  shall   hold   his   office 
during  the  war,  unless  the  court  shall  be  sooner  abolished  by  Congress.     Term  of  office. 
For  each  court  there  shall  be  one  Judge   Advocate,  to  be  appointed  by    Judge  Advocate  for 
the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  with  and' pay!"  Term  of 
the  rank  and  pay  of  a  captain  of  cavalry,  whose  duties  shall  be  as  pre-  °ffii;e. 
scribed  by  the  rules  and  articles  of  war,  except  as  enlarged  or  modified 
by  the  purposes  and  provisions  of  this  act,  and  who  shall  also  hold  his 
office  daring  the  war,  unless  the  court  shall  be  sooner  abolished  by  the 
Congress  ;  and  in  case  of  the  absence  or  disability  of  the  Judge  Ad- 
vocate, upon  the  application  of  the  court,  the  commander  of  the  army     When  commander 
i.       i  •  i         i  i  •  i     ^  •  i        ii-i  az       of  tlie  arn)y  corP3 

corps  to  which  such  court  is   attached   may  appoint  or  detail  an  officer  may  detail  an  officer 

to  perform  the  duties  of  Judge  Advocate   during  such  absence  or  disa-  ^ 5^eAdvocateM 
bility,  or  until  the  vacancy,  if  any,  shall  be  filled  by  the  President. 

Sec.  2.  Each  court  shall  have  the  right  to  appoint  a  Provost  Marshal,  t0  b^appointeTfor 
to  attend  its  sittings  and  execute  the  orders  of  the  court,  with  the  rank  each    court.     His 

j  c  Y  •         c  i  i  i      l  l         l    u    i  rank  and  pay. 

and  pay  of  a   captain  of  cavalry;   and   also  a  clerk,  who  sbail  have  a     Also,  aci«rk.  His 
salary  of  one   hundred  and   twenty-five  dollars  per   month,  who  shall  saIary  auddu:ies- 
keep  the  record  of  the   proceedings  of  the    court,  and   shall  reduce  to 
writing  the  substance  of  the  evidence  in   each  case,  and  file  the  same 
in  court.     The  provost   marshal  and  the  clerk   shall   hold   their  offices     Term  of  office  of 
during  the  pleasure  of  the  court.      Each   member   and   officer  of  the  cirt°rk.= 
court  shall  take  an   oath  well  and  truly  to  discharge  the   duties  of  his     Oath  of  members 
office  to  the  best  of  his  skill  and  ability,  without  fear,  favor  or  reward,  ^lrirtofficers  of  U'e 
and  to  support  the  Constitution  of  the  Confederate  States.     Each  mem- 
ber of  the   court,  the   Judge   Advocate   and  the   clerk,  shall  have  the 
power  to  administer  oaths. 

Sec.  3.' Each  court  shall  have  power  to  adopt  rules  for   conducting     Rules  of  court. 
business  and  for  the  trial  of  causes,  and  to   enforce  the   rules  adopted, 
and  to  punish    for   contempt,  and    to  regulate  the  taking  of  evidence,     Punishment  for 

i  r    '  o  o  '  contempt. 

and  to  secure  the  attendance  of  witnesses,  and  to  enforce  and  execute   Taking  of  evidence, 
its  orders,  sentences   and   judgments,  as  in  cases  of  courts  martial.  nesse^and  enforce- 

Sec.  4.  The  jurisdiction  of  each  court  shall  extend  to  all  officers  now  ment of  orders,  &c. 
cognizable  by  courts  martial  under  the  rules  and  articles  of  war  and  the 
customs  of  war,  and  also  to  all  offences  defined  as   crimes  by  the  laws 
of  the  Confederate   States  or  of  the  several   States,  and   when  beyond 
the  territory  of  the   Confederate   States,  to   all  cases  of  murder,  man- 
slaughter, arson,  rape,  robbery  and  larceny,  as  defined  by  the  common 
law,  when  committed  by  any  private  or  officer  in  the  army  of  the  Con- 
federate   Stales,  against  any  other  private,  or   officer  in   the   army,  or 
against    the    propetty  or  person  of  any  citizen    or  other  person  not  in 
the  army  :   Provided,   Said  courts  shall  not  havejurisdiction  of  offenders     Proviso, 
above  the  grade  of  .colonel.      For  offences  cognizable  by  courts  martial 
the  court  shall,  on  conviction,  inflict  the  penalty  prescribed  by  the  rules     infliction  of  penai- 
and  article.-  of  war,  and  in  the    manner  and    mode   therein  mentioned;  ti6i' 
and  lor   offences  not    punishable  by  the   rules   and  articles  of  war,  but 
punishable  by  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  sa  d  court  shall  in- 
flict the  penalties    prescribed  by  the    laws  of  the  Confederate   States  ; 
and  for  offences  against  which  penalties  are  not  prescribed  by  the  rules 


72  FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sbss.  II,     Ch.  37,  38.     1862. 

and  articles  of  war,  nor  by  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  but  for 
which  penalties  are  prescribed   by  the  laws  of  a  State,  said  court  shall 
inflict  the  punishment  prescribed  by  the  laws  of  the  State  in  which  the 
Proviso.  offence  was  committed  :   Provided,  That  in  cases  in  which,  by  the  laws 

of  the  Confederate   States,  or  of  the   State,  the  punishment  is  by  fine 
or  by  imprisonment,  or  by  both,  the  court  may,  in  its  discretion,  inflict 
any  other  punishment  less  than  death  ;   and  for  the  offences  defined  as 
murder,    manslaughter,  arson,  rape,  robbery  and    larceny,  by  the  com- 
mon law,  when  committed  beyond  the  territorial  limits  of  the  Confede- 
rate  States,  the   punishment  shall  be    in  the   discretion  of  the   court. 
That  when  an  officer  under   the   grade  of  brigadier   general  or  private 
shall  be  put  under  arrest  for  any  offence  cognizable  by  the  court  herein 
when    notice   of  provided  for,  notice  of  his  arrest  and  of  the  offence  with  which  he  shall 
fence  tcTbe  given  the  be  charged  shall  be  given  to  the  Judge  Advocate  by  the   officer  order- 
judge  Advocate.       ing  sa{&  arrest,  and  he  shall  be  entitled  to  as  speedy  a  trial  as  the  busi- 
ness before  said  court  will  allow. 
arSrhtSaveaapepnroptr,i:      Sec-  5-  Said  courts  sha11  attend  the  armJ,  shall  have  appropriate  quar- 
ate  quarters,  and  to  ters  within  the  lines  of  the  army,  shall  be   always  open   for  the  trans- 
be  always  open.    Fi-        ,.  c  i  J  ,-1       n      i   j      •   -  i  .  c        ■  1  i 

nai  decisions  subject  action  ot   business,  and  coe  nnai  decisions  and  sentences  ot  said  courts 
to  review.  on  convictions  shall  be  subject  to  review,  mitigation  and  suspension,  as 

now  provided  by  the  rules  and  articles  of  war  in  cases  of  courts  mar- 
tial. 
President  may  ap-      Sec.  6.  That  during  the  recess  of  the  Senate  the  President  may  ap- 
courts^anoWudges  point  the  members  of  the  courts  and  the  Judges  Advocate  provided  for 
Advocate  during  re-  m  tne  previous  sections,  subjectto  the  confirmation  of  the  Senate  at  its 

cess  ot  the  Senate.  '  .  '  ->     . 

session  next  ensuing  said  appointments. 
Approved  Oct.  d,  1862. 


Oct.  9,1862. Chap.  XXXVII.— An  Jlctto  provide  shoes  for  the  army. 

from  the  armyfor  the       The  Congress  nf  the   Confederate  Stales  of  America  do  enact,  That 
manufacture  of  shoes  ^e  pre«iclent  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  on  the  requisition  of  the 

fur  the  army.  „  ^  ,     .       ,    .    ..  Jr  ,,  1     ,  .„     .   .  ■      . 

Quartermaster  (jenera!,  to  detail  from  the  army  persons  skilled  in  the 
manufacture  of  shoes  not  to  exceed  two  thousand  in  number;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Quartermaster  General  to  place  them,  without 
delay,  at  suitable  points  in  shops  under  proper  regulations  prescribed 
by  him,  and  employ  them  diligently  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes  for  the 
army. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  soldiers  detailed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  pay  for  extra  duty,  and 
Theirpay.  also  thirty-five  cents  perpair  for  shoes  manufactured  by  them  severally, 

in  addition  to  regular  pay  and  rations. 

Approved  Oct.  9,  1862. 


Oct.  9, 1862.  Ghap.  XXXVIII. — Jin  Jlct  making  appropriations  for  the  Executive,  Legislative  and  Judicial  Ex- 

penses of  the  Government  for  the  month  of  December,  1862. 

Appropriations  for       rpj     Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

the    support   ot    the  .ft  J  J  J  ' 

Government  for  De-  the  following   sums   be  and    the  same  are  hereby  appropriated  for  the 
cember,  1862.  objects  hereafter  expressed  for  the  year  ending  the  thirt}r-first  of  De- 

cember, eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two  : — 

Executive. — For  compensation  of  the  President  of  the   Confederate 
i  iun  r  vlc^resi-  States,  six  hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  II.     Ch.  33.     1862.  73 

For  compensation  of  the  Vice-President  of  the  Confederate   States.  aent,Prirate  seere- 

iu  i.       J      J         J  '■■    *  J    11  i     •     i  i  tary,  and  Messenger. 

three  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents. 

For  compensation  of  the   Private   Secretary  and  Messenger  of  the 
President,  fourteen  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents. 

For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  Assistant  Sec-     Offiee  of  Secretary 
retaty,  Comptroller,  Auditors,  Treasurer  and  Register,  and  Clerks  and  °     ie    rt-'~u'>' 
Messengers  in  the  Treasury  Department,  fifty-three  thousand  five  hun- 
dred dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Treasury  Department, 
6ix  thousand  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  War,    Chief  of  Bureau,  and  of  Secretary  of  War; 
Clerks   and    Messengers  in   the    War  Department,  thirteen   thousand 
dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  War  Department,  five 
thousand  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the   Secretary  of  the  Navy,  Clerks  and   Mes-  of  Secretary  of  the 
sengers,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  and  ninety  *  av> ' 

cents. 

For  incidental   and   contingent  expenses  of  the   Navy  Department, 
one  thousand  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the  Postmaster  General,  Chiefs  of  Bureau,  and  of  Postmaster  Gene- 
Clerks  and  Messengers  in  the  Post-Office  Department,  seven  thousand 
four  hundred  and  forty-two  dollars  and  fifty-one  cents. 

For  incidental   and   contingent  expenses  of  the   Post-Office  Depart- 
ment, one  thousand  dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the  Attorney  General,  Assistant  Attorney  Gen-  of  Attorney  General; 
eral,  and    Clerks  and   Messengers  in  the    Department  of  Justice,  one 
thousand  and  two  dollars  and  thirty  cents. 

For  salary  of  Superintendent  of  Public    Printing,   and    Clerks  and  Printing. 

Messengers    in    his  office,  three    hundred    and    sixty-two  dollars  and 
twenty-three  cents. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the   Department  of  Jus- 
tice, five  hundred  dollars.  y 

For  printing  for  the  several    Executive   Departments,  ten  thousand 
four  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  and  sixty-six  cents. 

Territorial — For  salaries  of  Governor  and  Commissioners  of  Indian      Territorial: 
Affairs,  and  Secretary,  Judges,  Attorney  and  Marshal  of  Arizona  Ter-     Arizona  Territory, 
ritory,  eight  hundred  and  eight  dollars  and  seventy-one  cents. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  Arizona  Territory,  forty-three  dollars. 

Miscellaneous. — For  light  and  fuel  for  the  public  buildings,  six  thou-    Miscellaneous: 

„„.-,,)   j„i|„.  Liijht  arid  fuel  for 

Band  dollars.  _  _  _  public  buildings. 

For  engraving  and  printing  Treasury  notes,  bonds,  and  certificates  of    Tr^ea*ury  no'es> 
stock,  and  for  paper  for  the  same,  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

To  supply  deficiencies  in  the  revenue  of  the  Post-Office  Department,     Deficiencies  in  the 
one  hundred   and   thirty  thousand  six  hundred   and  seven  dollars  and  gee  Department." 
thirty-nine  cents 

For  preparation  of  copies  of  the  Journal  of  the  Provisional  Congress     Conies  of  the  Jour- 

iip I  oi  *V"  Pp 'Virion- 

and  of  the  Convention  that  formed    the    Provisional    and    Permanent  ai  Congress  and  Con- 
Constitutions  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  disbursed  by  the  Presi-  ventl0n- 
dent  of  the  Provisional  Congress,  two  thousand  dollars. 

For  the    pay  of  officers  and    privates  of  the   army,  volunteers  and     Officers,&c.,ofthe 
militia,  and  for  Quartermaster's   supplies  of  all   kinds,  transportation,  otuerex^se's.3  a" 
and   other  necessary  expenses,  fifteen  million  six  hundred  and  thirty- 
eight  thousand  and  forty-nine  dollars. 

For  support  of  prisoners  of  war  and    for  rent  of  necessary  guard-     Prisoners  of  war. 
houses,  &c,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
6 


71  FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Ch.  39.     1862. 

Bounty.  For  bounty,  fifty  dollars  to  each  non-commissioned   officer,  musician 

and  private  in  the  service  for  three  years,  three  million  dollars. 
Subsistence  stores      For  purchase  of  subsistence  stores  and  commissary  property,  twenty. 
p?rty0mmissarypro~  two  million  five  hundred   and   ninety-eight  thousand    forty-one  dollars 
and  thirty-six  cents. 
Ordnance  service.       For  the  ordnance   service  in  all  its  branches,  two  million  two   hun- 
dred thousand  dollars. 
Engineer  service.        For  the  engineer  service,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
Medical  and  nos-      For  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  four  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
p!WursesP and  cooks.      For   pay  of  nurses,  cooks   other  than  enlisted  men  or  volunteers, 
forty-eight  thousand  dollars. 
Physicians.  For  services  of  physicians  to  be  employed  in  conjunction  with  the 

medical  staff  of  the  army„  thirty  thousand  dollars. 
Military  hospitals.       For  the   establishment  and   support  of  military  hospitals,  fifty-nine 

thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 
Detection  of  per-      For  traveling  and  other  expenses  incidental  to  the  detection  of  per- 
sons  passing,    &c,  sons  employed  in  preparing  and  passing  forged  Treasury  notes,  thirteen 

forged  notes.  ,  i    j    n 

thousand  dollars, 
iron  and  coal.  To  make  advances  on  contracts  for  the  production  of  iron  and  coal, 

two  million  dollars. 
Winter  quarters      To  erect  winter   quarters  for  officers  and  seamen   of  the   navy  at 
Drew?yC'srBiufir  *  Drewry's  Bluff,  eleven  thousand  dollars. 

and  for  marines  at      To  erect  winter  quarters  for  the  mariners  stationed  at  Drewry's  Bluff, 
same  place.         fifteen  thousand  dollars. 
Ordnance  service,      For  ordnance  service  in  all   its  branches,  including  the  purchase  of 
including    ordnance  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  imported,  four  million  dollars. 

and  ordnance  stores.  _'  > 

Members  and  offi-  hor  pay  ot  members  ot  Congress  and  officers  ot  Congress,  thirty- 
eers of  Congress.       gve  thousand  six  hundred  and  ninety  dollars. 

Members  of  the  For  pay  and  mileage  of  the  members  of  the  Senate,  twenty-five 
Senate.  thousand   dollars. 

officers  of  the  Sen-  For  paying  salaries  of  officers  of  the  Senate,  three  thousand  two 
hundred  dollars. 

Contingent  ex-      j?ov  contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate,  two  thousand  dollars. 

pensesot  the  senate.  .  .    e>  r  _  ' 

Contingent  and  For  contingent  and  telegraohic  expenses  of  the  Executive  office,  two 
5H!™!a"offl£?  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Treasury  notes,  For  engraving  and  printing  Treasury  notes,  bonds  and  certificates  of 
stocks,  and  for  paper  for  the  same,  two  hundred  and  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars. 

Deficiencies  in  the  To  supply  the  deficiencies  in  the  Engineer  appropriations  for  engi- 
Engineer  appropna-  '  •    J  .  j  j    n 

ttons.  neering  purposes,  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Claims  for  vessels      To   pay  claims  upon  the  Confederate  Government  for  vessels  seized 
by  the  naval   and    military  authorities  for  the  use  of  the  Government, 
ten  thousand  two  hundred  and  thirty-seyen  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 
Flour.  For  the    purchase  of  flour  for  the  Confederate   States  army,  six  mil- 

lion eight  hundred  and  twenty-three  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

Redemption    and      The   Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized,  from  any  mo- 
cancellation  of  Trea-  .      ,,      m  ,     ,,  .  .    ,     ,    ,.  :.    ,  j        i 

sury  notes, and  issue  neys  in  the  1  reasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  hike  up  and  redeem 

ofothemotes  in  their  such  Treasury  noles  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  called  in  for  the  pur- 
stead.  J  -'  ,  ' 

pose  of  being  cancelled,  and   in    place  of  such  Treasury  notes  so  can- 
celled other  Treasury  notes  to  the  same  amount  may  be  issued. 
Approved  Oct.  9,  18132. 


Oct.  It    1850.        Chap.  XXXIX. — Jin  Jlct  to  authorize  the  President  to  accept  and  place  in  the  service  certain 

regiments  and  baztalions  heretofore  raised 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  Jlmerica  do   enact,  That 
the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby   authorized  and  empowered,  when- 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  40,  41.     1862.  75 

ever  in  his  opinion    the  public   good  would   be  promoted   thereby,  to  ,  Regiment*  or  bat- 

J,  .         r        .  D  ,.  r    ,  .    ,      .  i  talions  organized  pn- 

receive  into  the  service  regiments  or  battalions  wcich  have  been  or- or  to  the  1st  of  Oct. 
ganized  in  good  faith  prior  to  the  first  day  of  October,  eighteen  hun-  P®Kn%°artV>«- 
dred  and  sixty-two,  under  authority  or  by  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  «>ns  between  the 

tit  1        m  e  il         rt  iii  1  ■  j  ■     a?«s   of   18     and    35 

War,  or  any  general  officer  or  the  Lrovernment.  although  said  regi-.years,  may  be  re- 
ments  or  battalions  may  be  composed  in  part  of  persons  between  the  ceived  into  service. 

c      •    i  i  •  r-  ti  mi  i  •  i        •  Those     organized 

ages   or  eighteen  and   thirty-five  years:  Provided,  That  this  authority  after  that  time  not  to 

shall  not  extend  to  regiments  or  battalions  organized  after  the  said  first  ^states'^tc.,  where 
day  of  October,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  except  in  those  States  tne  conscript   u  w 

J.   ,  .  ii  •    j   i  i  in  i»ay  °e  suspended. 

and  locations  where  the  conscript  law  may  be  suspended.  Regiments  or  bat- 

Sec  2    That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  em-  SiSSijSJto'S} of 

powered,  whenever  in   his  opinion  it  would   promote  the  public  good,  the  states  west  of 

,  •■,  •  •  ,  i     ,,    i-  i-uu  u  i  the  Mississippi  riyer. 

to  receive  into  service  regiments  or  battalions  which  have  been  here-  authorized  to  here- 
tofore organized  of  conscripts  by  a  general  officer  in  any  of  the  States  ceived  into  service, 
lying  west  of  the  Mississippi  river. 

Sec.  3.  i  hat  all  companies,  battalions  and  regiments  of  infantry  President  may  ae- 
raised  or  organized  before  the  first  day  of  December  next  within  the  onnt^iTrvTaked'h^. 
limits  of  middle  and   west  Tennessee,  to  be  composed  of  residents   of  fore  the  1st  Decem- 

..,.,..  ,  iji        ,i        n        -i       i         l  •      u*  •■  ber,  1862,  within  the 

said  districts,  may  bo  accepted  by  the  President,  when,  in  his  opinion,  limits  of  middle  and 
the  public  interest  will  be  promoted  therebv,  and  said  troops  shall   be  west  Tennessee. 

hi  i     ■  rr-  r         i        /•  i         ■  c  i-in   Election   ol   otacera. 

allowed  to  elect  their  own  officers  lor  the  first  election,  alter  which  all     vacancies fiiie'dbjr 
vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  the  President,   under  the    act,  and  the  acts  thc  Prcsldent- 
amendatory  of  the  same,  providing  for  the  public  defence,   passed  six- 
teenth of  April,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  also   such  coun-     Also  from  certain 
ties  in  North  Carolina  lying  east   of  the    line  of  the   Wilmington  and  ^aroima'L^sedw 
Weldon    railroad   as  are  beyond  the  lines  of  the  army  and  exposed  to  the  incursions  of  tj» 

,,       •  •  c   ,,  enemy. 

the  incursions  ot  the  enemy. 
Approved  Oct.  11,   1832. 


Chap.  XL. — ~1n  Ad  to  fix  the  pay  and  mileage  of  the  delegates  from  the   several    Indian  Nations,        <">i-t.  11.  IPfS. 

authorized  to  have  Delegates  under  their  respective  treaties. 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate  Slates  of  America   do    enact,   That 
the  delegates  from  the  several  Indian  Nations  authorized  to  have  dele-     Pay  and  mileage  of 
gates  under  their  respective  treaties,  shall    be  paid  the  same  salary  and  dian  Nations^"1'    " 
mileage  that  i-  paid  to  members  of  the  House  of  Representatives  under 
the  law  now  in  force. 

Approved  Oct.  11,  1862. 


Ciiap.  XLI. — An  Act   to  establish  places  of  rendezvous  for  ike  examination  of  enrolled  men.        Oct.  11,  1SC3. 

The  Congress  of  the   Co  federate   States  of  America  do   enact,  That 
there  shall  be  established  in  each  county,  parish  or  district,  and  in  any     places  of  rendez- 
city  in  a  county,  parish  or  district  in  the  several  States,  a  place  of  ren-  vous  *°l,.e™°}le.A 

ip         I  ■  •,  .-  ■    i  •  men,   established  in 

dezvou^  lor  the  persons  in  said  county,  district,  pasish  or  city,  eniolled  each  city,  county, 

for  military  duty  in  the   field,  who   shall  be  there    examined  by  one  or  Parish01  dlttriCt- 

more  Surgeons,  to  be  employed  by  the  Government,  to  be  assigned  to 

that  duty  by  the  Piesident  on  a  day  of  which  ten   days  notice  shall  be 

given  by  -aid  Surgeon,  and  from   day  to  dav   next,  thereafter,  until  all  ,    Persons  enrolled 

b  .'  n         '  _  j  "...  to  be  examined  hy  a 

who  shall  be  in    attendance  for  the  purpose   of  examination  shall  have  surgeon;     surgeon 
been  examined  ;   and  the  decision  of  said    Surgeons,  under  regulations  time!6  nouce  o1 
to  bi'  established  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  as  to  the  physical  and  men-     Decision  of  s  u  r- 
tal  capacity  of  any  such  person  for   military  duty  in  the  field,  shall  be  s?01,'  ta,ken  M ufinai- 

1  ,J  J  ,         ,     '  .         ,  i        ,.      ,•  ■■■  i  ■  Onlv  those  who  are 

final  ;   and  tho>e  only  thus  ascertained  to  be  fit  lor  military  duty  in  the  fit  for  military  duty 
field  shall  be  required  to  assemble  at  camps  of  instruction.  S^Sm.0'1"'111' 


•76  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Oh.  423  43.     1862. 

Three  Surgeons  Sec.  2.  There  shall  be  assigned  to  each  Congressional  District  in  the 
Con|?eesdsionaie  DiCst-  several  States,  three  Surgeons,  who  shall  constitute  a  Board  of  Exam- 
net;  to  constitute  a  ination  in  such  district  for  the  purpose  specified  in  the  forep-oina:  sec- 
Board   of  Exaniina-  .•  p       t  ,      .  ,  r 

tion  in  such  District.  "°n.  an  j  one  or  more  of  whom  may  act  at  any  place  of  rendezvous  in 

said  district. 

Provision   as  to      Sec.  3.   When  it  shall  appear  to  any   Surgeon   attending  such  place 

Mwndpiacefofren-  of  rendezvous  by  the  certificate  of  a  respectable  physician  resident  in 

dezvouson  account  that  county,  district,  parish,  or  city  in  a  county   parish  or  district,  that 

of  sickness.  u    j  A  -      -  11      ■         ,.         ,  „      .    , 

any  enrolled  person  therein  is  unable  to  attend  on  account  of  sickness, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Surgeon  to  file  said  certificate  with  the  com- 
mandant of  the  nearest  camp  of  instruction;  and   if  the  person  named 
a^a^eilr'tuhout  tnere'n>    shail    not   within  a   reasonable    time   report    himself  for  ex - 
«<-'ave.  amination  at  said  camp  of  instruction,  or  his  continued  disability  certi- 

fied by  the  certificate  of  a  respectable  physician  of  his  county,  city, 
district  or  parish,  he  shall  be  held  liable  as  absent  without  leave  of  his 
commanding  officer. 

Approved  Oct.  11,  1862. 


Chap.  XLIL— An  Act   supplemental  to  an  Act  entitled  "  An  Act  to  authorize  the   Secretary 
Oct.   11,  lfG-2.  of  the  Treasury  to  pay  District  Collectors  in  certain  cases,"  approved  April  11th,  1862. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  the 
secretary  of  t  h  e  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  the 
Treasury  authorized  sum  0f  four  hundred  dollars  to  the  several  district  collectors  of  the  war 
lectors  of  the  war  tax,  authorized  by  the  act  entitled  "An  Act  to  authorize  the  issue  of 
l^ichhawassumed  Treasury  notes  and  to  provide  a  war  tax  for  their  redemption,"  ap- 
ihy  payment  of  said  proved  August  nineteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  in  those 
X'proviso.  fctates  which  have  assumed  the  payment  of  said  tax  :     Provided,    The 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  be  satisfied  that  all  the  duties  which 
fairly  devolved  on  said  collectors  by  the  law  under  which  they  were" 
appointed,  have  been  faithfully  performed  by  them:  And  provided  fur- 
ther. That  if  said  collectors  have  received  compensation  under  the  act 
fore™ u"nthem"coetbe  to  which  this  is  supplemental,  the  sum  so  received  shall  be  deducted 
deducted.  from  the  amount  specified  in  this  act. 

Sec.  2.  The  chief  collectors  shall  receive  a   proportional  amount  of 
receive"  quarterly *a  tne  salary  fixe('  D)  law,  for  each  quarter  in  which  they  sha'l  be  actual- 
proportion  a  hie  ly  and  in  good  faith  en<ra°-ed  jn  the   discharge   of  the    duties  of  their 
office. 


amount  of  tlicir  sal 
aries. 


Approved  Oct.  11,  1862. 


Oct.  11,1£SD.         CriAP.XLIII, — An  Act  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  " An  Act  to  raise  an  additional  military 

'—— jorce  to  serve  during  the  war,"  approved  6th  May,  1831,  and  to  provide  for  raising  forces 

in  the  Slates  of  Missouri  and  Zenluclty. 

JuAVfim?™  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ameriea  do  enact,  That 
Miorizing  the  Presi-  t}ie  fjrst  and  second  sections  of  the  act  to  which  this  is  an  amendment, 
services  ofC  voiun-  are  hereby  declared  to  have  full  force  and  effect  in  those  States  and 
teere  without  regard  districts  in  which  the  President  may.  under  the  law    suspend  the  pro- 

io  tne   pjace   oi  en-  .  i  n  r  •,- 

Hstment,  and  to  or-  visions  ol  the  acts  providing  for  the  enrollment  of  persons  for  military 
fmvir'Vu'r  effect' in  service,  or  when  said  acts  cannot  be  enforced  by  reason  of  the  occu- 
those  statesand  dis-  nation  of  the  enemy  :  Provided,  That  the  toops  received  under  the  sec- 

Uicts   in    which    the  f.  r         ..         .      i     n  t  j  r       u  r       ,l 

Conscript  Acu  are  tions  of  said  act  shall  be  received  for  three  years  or  for  the  war 
*e8enftirced0r  eai'n0t      ^EC'  ^'  That  the  President  may,  in   cases   when   in  his  opinion  the 
Proviso.  public  interest  requires  that  he  should  do  so,  appoint  major  and  briga- 

pj^mtjotlmliui-  dier  generals  with  their   appropriate  staff,  and  also  the  field,  company 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  IL     Ch.  44,  45.     1862.  77 

and  staff  officers  to  regiments,  battalions,  companies  or  squadrons,  be-  gadier  generals,  wi& 

_  .  -iij       -. ,     .  i  j    •  i  .      c  (i,      tlieir  stalls,  and  also 

tore  the  same  are  organized,  by  and  with  tne  advice  and  consent  of  the  the  field,  company 
Senate,  and  if  said  regiments,  battalions,  companies  or  squadrons  are  SJjmSg„^  ^c^be- 
not  reported  as  complete  within  a  reasonable  time,  the  President  may,  fore  the  same  are  or - 
in  his  discretion,  vacate  the  commissions  of  said  officers,  who  snail  be  ^commissions of  of- 
entitled  to  the  pav  of  their  respective  grades  from  the  date  of  their  re-  fieers  may  be  vacated 

•  ,-i    ii     •  •      •  i  j    ±i.    l  "     regiments,    &c. , 

spective    appointments  until  their  commissions  are  vacated;  and  thai  not  completed  with- 
companies  of  infantry  shall  consist  of  at  least  one  hundred  and  twenty-  '"payofTh^officers" 
five  rank  and  file,  companies  of  artillery  of  at  least  one  hundred  and  fifty  for  what  time, 
rank  and  file,  and  companies  of  cavalry  of  at  least  eighty  rank  and  file,  companies  of  oledir 
Approved  Oct  11.  1862.  fl?rent  arms  of  Ulc 

service  to  consist. 


Chap.  XIjIV. — An  Act  amendatory  of  an  Act  entitled  ■•  An  Act  providing  for  the  granting  of     October  11,  1852. 
bounties  and  furloughs    to  privates  and  non  commissioned    officers  in  the   Provisional 
Army,'"  approved  Dec.  11, 1801. 

The    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  iss^VmemieT'   "' 
the  above  recited  act   be  so  amended  as  to   secure   to  all   soldiers   and 
non-commissioned  officers   who   shall  have   entered   the  armies  of  the 
Confederate  States  for  three  years  or  during  the    war   the   bounty  of    Bouniy  secured  to 

tr         i    'i  •  -iiii  i  it  ■        soldiers  and  officers, 

fifty  dollars,  as  therein  provided,  although  such  soldier  or  non-commis-  though  dead  or  dis- 
sioned  officer  may  have  been  killed  in  battle,  died,  or   been    honorably  aj! "tier  arreanJu&W 
discharged  before  the  expiration  of  the  first  year's  service  of  his  term, 
to  be  paid  as  other  arrearages. 
Approved  Oct.  11,  1862. 


Chap.  XLV. — An  Act  to  exempt  certain  persons  from  military  duty,  and  to  repeal  an  Act  en-     October  11,  1863. 
titled  uAn  Act  to  exempt  certain  persons  from  enrollment  for  seroice  in  the  army  of  the 
Confederate  States,"  approved  2\st  April,  1862. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  frommnimar/duTyP  * 
That  all  persons  who  shall  be  held  unfit  for  military  service  in  the  field, 
by  reason  of  bodily  or  mental  incapacity  or  imbecility,  under  rules  to 
be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War;  the  Vice  President  of  the 
Confederate  States;  the  officers,  judicial  and  executive,  of  the  Con- 
federate and  State  Governments,  including  postmasters  appointed  by 
the  President  and  confirmed  by  the  Senate,  and  such  clerks  in  their 
offices  as  are  allowed  by  the  Postmaster  General,  and  now  employed, 
and  excluding  all  other  postmasters,  their  assistants  and  clerks  ;  and 
except  such  State  officers  as  the  several  States  may  have  declared,  or 
may  hereafter  declare  by  law  to  be  liable  to  militia  duty;  the  mem- 
bers of  both  Houses  of  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  of 
the  Legislatures  of  the  several  States,  and  their  respective  officers  ;  all 
clerks  now  in  the  offices  of  the  Confederate  and  State  Governments 
authorized  by  law,  receiving  salaries  or  fees  ;  all  volunteer  troops,  here- 
tofore raised  by  any  State  since  the  passage  of  the  act  entitled  "An  act 
further  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  approved  April  the  sixteenth,  18S2>  ApriI  1G- 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  while  such  troops  shall  be  in  active 
service  under  State  authority  :  Provided,  That  this  exemption  shall  not 
apply  to  any  person  who  was  liable  to  be  called  into  service  by  virtue 
of  said  act  of  April  the  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-tivo; 
all  pilots  and  persons  engaged  in  the  merchant  marine  service ;  the 
president,  superintendents,  conductors,  treasurer,  chief  clerk,  engineers, 
managers,  station  agents,  section   masters,  two  expert  track  hands  to 


78  FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Ch.  45.     1862. 

each  section  of  eight  miles,  and  mechanics  in  the  active  service  and 
employment  of  railroad  companies,  not  to  embrace  laborers,  porters 
and  messengers;  the  president,  general  superintendent  and  operators 
of  telegraph  companies,  the  local  superintendent  and  operators  of  said 
companies,  not  to  exceed  four  in  number  at  any  locality,  but  that  of 
the  seat  of  Government  of  the  Confederate  States;  the  president, 
superintendents,  captains,  engineers  chief  clerk  and  mechanics  in  the 
active  service  and  employment  of  all  companies  engaged  in  river  and 
canal  navigation,  and  all  captains  of  boats  and  engineers  therein  em- 
ployed ;  one  editor  of  each  newspaper  now  being  published,  and  such 
employees  as  the  editor  or  proprietor  may  certify,  upon  oath,  to  be  in- 
dispensable for  conducting  the  publication  ;  the  public  printer,  and  those 
employed  to  perform  the  public  printing  for  the  Confederate  and  State 
Governments;  every  minister  of  religion  authorized  to  preach  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  of  his  sect  and  in  the  regular  discharge  of  ministerial 
duties,  and  all  persons  who  have  been  and  now  are  members  of  the 
society  of  Friends  and  the  association  of  Dunkards,  Nazarenes  and 
Mennonists,  in  regular  membership  in  their  respective  denominations: 
Provided,  Members  of  the  society  of  Friends,  JNazarenes,  Mennonists 
and  Dunkards  shall  furnish  substitutes  or  pay  a  tax  of  five  hundred 
dollars  each  into  the  public  treasury ;  all  physicians  who  now  are,  and 
for  thelast  five  years  have  been,  in  the  actual  practice  of  their  profession  ; 
all  shoemakers,  tanners,  blacksmiths,  wagon-makers,  millers  and  their 
engineers,  millwrights,  skilled  and  actually  employed  as  their  regular 
vocation  in  the  said  trades,  habitually  engaged  in  working  for  the  pub- 
lic, and  whilst  so  actually  employed:  Provided,  Said  persons  shall 
make  oath  in  writing  that  they  are  so  skilled  and  actually  employed  at 
the  time  as  their  regular  vocation  in  one  of  the  above  trades,  which 
affidavit  shall  only  he  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  facts  therein  stated: 
Provided,  further,  That  the  exemptions  herein  granted  to  persons  by 
reason  of  their  peculiir  mechanical  or  other  occupation  or  employment, 
not  connected  with  the  public  service,  shall  be  subject  to  the  condition 
that  the  products  of  the  labor  of  such  exempts,  or  of  the  companies 
and  establishments  with  which  they  are  connected,  shall  be  sold  and 
disposed  of  by  the  proprietors  at  prices  not  exceeding  seventy-five  per 
centum  upon  the  cost  of  production,  or  within  a  maximum  to  be  fixed 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  under  such  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe  : 
And  it  is  further  provided,  That  if  the  proprietors  of  any  such  manu- 
facturing establishments  shall  be  shown,  upon  evidence,  to  be  submitted 
to,  and  judged  of,  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  have  violated,  or  in  any 
manner  evaded  the  true  intent  and  spirit  of  the  foregoing  proviso, 
the  exemptions  therein  granted  shall  no  longer  be  extended  to 
them,  their  superintendents  or  operatives  in  said  establishments,  but 
they  and  each  and  every  of  them  shall  be  forthwith  enrolled  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  ordered  into  the  Confederate  army,  and  shall, 
in  no  event,  be  again  exempted  therefrom  by  reason  of  said  manufac- 
turing establishments  or  employment  therein;  all  superintendents  of 
public  hospitals,  lunatic  asylums,  and  the  regular  physicians,  nurses  and 
attendants  therein,  and  the  teachers  employed  in  the  institutions  for  the 
deaf,  dumb  and  blind  ;  in  each  apothecary  store,  now  established  and 
doing  business,  one  apothecary  in  good  standing,  who  is  a  practical 
apothecary  ;  superintendents  and  operators  in  wool  and  cotton  factories, 
paper  mills,  and  superintendents  and  managers  of  wool  carding  ma- 
chines, who  may  be  exempted  by  the  Secretary  of  War :  Provded, 
The  profits  of  such  establishments  shall  not  exceed  seventy-five  per 
centum  upon  the  cost  of  production,  to  be  determined  upon  oath  of  the 
parties,  subject  to   the  same  penalties  for  violation  of  the  provisions 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Cn.  45..  1862.  79 

herein  contained  as  are  herein  before  provided  in  case  of  other  manu- 
factories and  mechanical  employments  ;  all  presidents  and  teachers  of 
colleges,  academies,  schools  and  theological  seminaries,  who  have  been 
regularly  engaged  as  such  for  two  years  previous  to  the  passage  of  this 
act  ;  all  artizans,  mechanics,  and  employees,  in  the  establishments  of 
the  Government  for  the  manufacture  of  arms,  ordnance,  ordnance  stores 
and  other  munitions  of  war,  saddles,  harness  and  army  supplies,  who 
may  be  certified  by  the  officer  in  charge  thereof,  as  necessary  for  such 
establishments  ;  also,  all  artizans,  mechanics  and  employees  in  the  es- 
tablishments of  such  persons  as  are  or  may  be  engaged  under  contracts 
with  the  Government  in  famishing  arms,  ordnance,  ordnance  stores, 
and  other  munitions  of  war  :  Provided,  That  the  chief  of  the  ordnance 
bureau,  or  some  ordnance  officer  authorized*  by  him  for  the  purpose, 
shall  approve  of  the  number  of  the  operatives  required  in  such  estab- 
lishments ,  all  persons  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  arms  or  ord- 
nance of  any  kind  by  the  several  States,  or  by  contractors  to  furnish 
the  same  to  the  several  S'ate  Governments,  whom  the  Governor  or 
Secretary  of  State  thereof  may  certify  to  be  necessary  to  the  same  ; 
all  persons  engaged  in  the  construction  of  ships,  gunboats,  engines, 
sails,  or  other  articles  necessary  to  the  public  defence,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  ;  all  superintendents,  managers, 
mechanics  and  miners  employed  in  the  production  and  manufacture  of 
salt  to  the  extent  of  twenty  bushels  per  day,  and  of  lead  and  iron,  and 
all  persons  engaged  in  burning  coke  for  smelting  and  manufactuie  of 
iron,  regular  miners  in  coal  mines,  and  all  colliers  engaged  in  making 
charcoal,  for  making  pig  and  bar  iron,  not  to  embrace  laborers,  mes- 
sengers, wagoners  and  servants,  unless  employed  at  works  conducted 
under  the  authority  and  by  the  officers  or  agents  of  a  State,  or  in  works 
employed  in  the  production  of  iron  for  the  Confederate  States;  one 
male  citizen  for  every  five  hundred  head  of  cattle,  for  eveiy  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  head  of  horses  or  mules,  and  one  shepherd  for  every  five 
hundred  head  of  sheep,  of  such  persons  as  are  engaged  exclusively  in 
raising  stock  ;  Provided,  There  is  no  white  male  adult  not  liable  to  do 
military  duty  engaged  with  such  person  in  raising  said  stock  ;  to  secure 
the  proper  police  of  the  country,  one  person,  either  as  agent,  owner  or 
overseer  on  each  plantation  on  which  one  white  person  is  required  to 
be  kept  by  the  laws  or  ordinances  of  any  State,  and  on  which  there  is 
no  white  male  adult  not  liable  to  do  military  service,  and  in  States 
having  no  such  law,  one  person  as  agent,  owner  or  overseer,  on  each 
plantation  of  twenty  negroes,  and  on  which  there  is  no  white  male 
adult  not  liable  to  military  service:  And  furthermore,  For  additional 
police  for  every  twenty  negroes  on  two  or  more  plantations,  within  five 
miles  of  each  other,  and  each  having  less  than  twenty  negroes,  and  on 
which  there  is  no  white  male  adult  not  liable  to  military  duty,  one  per- 
son, being  the  oldest  of  the  owners  or  overseers  on  such  plantations  ; 
and  such  other  persons  as  the  President  shall  be  satisfied,  on  account 
of  justice,  equity  or  necessity,  ought  to  be  exempted,  are  hereby  ex- 
empted from  military  service  in  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States  ; 
and  also  a  regiment  raised  under  and  by  authority  of  the  State  of  Texas, 
for  frontier  defence,  now  in  the  service  of  said  State,  while  in  such  ser- 
vice :  Provided,  further,  That  the  exemptions  hereinabove  enumerated 
and  granted  hereby,  shall  only  continue  whilst  the  persons  exempted 
are  actually  engaged  in  their  respective  pursuits  or  occupations. 

.    Sec.  2.  Beit  further  enacted,  That  the  act  entitled  :'An  act  to  exempt     Exemption  act  of 
certain  persons  from  enrollment  for  service  in  the   armies  of  the  Con-  t,lfi  ~?st,  APri!> ls6-> 
federate  States,"  approved  the  twenty-first  of  April,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved  Oct.  11,  1862. 


80  FIRST  CONGRESS.      Sess.  II.     Ch.  46,  47,  48,  49.     1802. 

October  13, 1S62.  Chap.  XL VI. — An  Act  to  extend  the  term  of  ojice  of  certain  war  tax  collectors. 

certain  war  tSc co°-  -^e  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
lectors  extended.  That  in  those  States  wherein  the  chief  collectors  of  the  war  tax  have 
not  been  able  to  complete  the  duties  of  their  office  within  the  year  for 
which  they  were  appointed,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  be 
authorized  to  extend  the  term  of  their  offices,  respectively,  for  such  ad- 
ditional period  as  may  be  required  to  complete  the  said  duties,  and  pay 
Pay  for  additional  them  for  such  additional  term  a  proportional  rate  of  the  annual  salary 

term.  j>       j  ,       ,  *      x  J 

fixed  by  law. 

Approved  Oct,  13,  1862. 


October  13.  186-2.      Chap.  XLVII. — An  Act  to  increase  the  pay  of  certain  officers  and  employees  in  the  Executive 

and  Legislative  Departments. 

ficefJand^mpiOTefs  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
in  theEsecutive'and  That  on  the  salaries  or  compensation  of  all  officers  and  employees  of 
men^iucVreasedPau  the  several  Executive  and  Legislative  Departments,  appointed  under 
any  law  of  Congress  and  employed  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  whose 
salaries  or  compensation  shall  not  now  exceed  one  thousand  dollars, there 
shall  be  added,  for  the  period  of  one  year,  fifty  per  cent.,  and  for  the 
period  of  one  year  the  salaries  or  compensation  of  all  such  officers  and 
employees  now  receiving  not  less  than  one  thousand  dollars  and  under 
fifteen  hundred  dollars,  shall  be  fixed  at  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  and 
all  now  receiving  fifteen  hundred  dollars  shall  receive  seventeen  hun- 
dred and  fifty  dollars. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Oct.  13,  1803.  Chap.  XL VIII. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  Naval  Storekeepers. 

The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States   of  America  do  enact,  That 

Appointment  of  r.a-  .i_      r>        •  3       a  l.  j  \         ■      l.         l  ,t       •  *i  ■.  •    ±  i  i  1 

vai storekeepers,     the  "resident  be,  and  he   is  hereby   authorized  to   appoint  three  naval 

store-keepers;  whose  duties  shall  be   performed  under  the    direction  of 

Compensation.        the  Secretary  of  the  Navy.     The  compensation  of  such  officers  shall 

not  exceed  seventeen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  before  entering 

Bond.  upon  the  duties    of  their    offices,  each    of  them    shall    give  a  bond,  in 

such  form  and  penaltv  as  the  President  may  prescribe. 

Approved,  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Oct..  13,  185?.        Chap.  XLIX. 


-An.  Act  to  punish  and.  repress  the  importation,  by  our  emmies,  of  notes  pur 
porting  to  be  notes  of  the  Treasury  of  the  Confederate  States. 


Whereas,  Manifestly  with  the  knowledge  and  connivance  of  the 
Federal  Government,  and  for  the  purpose  of  destroying  the  credit  and 
circulation  of  the  Treasury  notes  of  this  government,  immense  amounts 
ot  spurious  or  counterfeit  notes,  purporting  to  be  such  Treasury  notes, 
have  been  fabricated  and  advertised  for  sale  in  the  enemy's  country, 
and  have  been  brought  into  these  States  and  put  in  circulation  by  per- 
sons in  the  service  of  the  enemy: 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  [of '  Amcrica\  do  enact,  [That] 

every  person  in   the  service  of,  or   adhering  to,  the  enemy,  who  shall 

persons  ta'tbe  ser-  Pas>s  or  offer  to  piss  any  such  spurious  or    counterfeit  note  or  notes,  as 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  50.     1862.  81 

aforesaid,  or  shall  sell  or  attempt  to  sell  the  same,  or  shall  bring  any  vnice  °fsi^,e  ^June 
such  note  or  notes  into  the  Confederate  States,  or  shall  have  any  such  etc.,  of  counterfeit 
note  or  notes  in  his  possession,  with  intent  to  pass  or  sell  the  same,  beteTrePaUsur0yUnote^ 
shall,  if  captured,  be  put  to  death  by  hanging;  and  every  commis-  of  the  Confederate 
sioned  officer  of  the  enemy  who  shall  permit  any  offence  mentioned  in  punishment  o  f 
this  section  to  be  committed  by  any  person  under  his  authority,  shall  of^hi^neniy^for 
be  put  to  death  by  hanging.  Every  person  charged  with  an  offence  permitting  such  of- 
punishable  under  this  act  shall  be  tried  by  a  military  court  in  such  [f^G  t0  be  commu- 
manner,  and  under  such  regulations  as  the    President  shall  prescribe ;     .Persoj?3     charged 

in  -  i        T-i         •  i  i  i  ■   i  j.  a      Wltn  offences  under 

ana,  after  conviction,  the  President  may  commute  the  punishment  to  this  act,  to  be  tried 
imprisonment  in  such  manner,  and  for  such  time,  as  he  may  deem  %VesitdTnTmay 
proper,  and  may  pardon  the  offender  on    such  conditions  as  he   may  commute  pun  isn- 

dl  v..  n  ment  or  pardun  ths 

eem  proper,  or  unconditionally.  offender. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Chap.  L. — An  Act  making  approp  nations  for  the  support  of  the  Government  for  the  month  of       Oct.  13.  185-3. 
January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty  three,  and  for  certain  deficiencies  and  other  purposes 
therein  mentioned. 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do   enact,  That 

,  ,  -ijj-j.r  -iirp  ,       Appropriations  for 

there  be  appropriated  and  paid  out  or  any  money  in  the  Ireasury  not  the  support  of  Go- 
otherwise  appropriated,  the  following  sums  of  money  and  for  the  fol-  ^otiS6 o*f f January* 
lowing  purposes,  viz  :  1833. 

For  expenses  of  the  month  of  January ,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three, 
in  the  War  Department. — For  compensation  of  the   Secretary  of  War,     office  of  Secretary 
Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  Chief  of  Bureau,  Clerks,  Messengers,  etc.,  0l  War" 
twelve  thousand  dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses,  seven  thousand  dollars. 

Ordnance  Bureau. — For   ordnance    service  in  all  its  branches,  two     0r<JQance  service, 
million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  engineer  service,  five  hundred  thousand  dollars,  Engineer  service. 

For  the  purchase  of  iron  and    advances   on   contracts  for  same,  five     Iron 
hundred  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  purchase  and  manufacture   of  nitre,  two   hundred  and  fifty    Nitre. 
thousand  dollars. 

Quartermaster' s  Department. — For  the   pay    of  the    army,  eighteen     Army- 
million  six  hundred  and  sixty   thousand  one  hundred  and  eighty-nine 
dollars. 

For  the  transportation  of  troops  and  their  baggage,  of  quartermas-    Transportation  of 
ter's  stores,  subsistence,  ordnance   and   ordnance  stores   from   place  of  c™as^%f  ^Tr  s  eT~ 
purchase  to  troops  in  the  field,  the  purchase   of  horses,  mules,  wagons  lumber>  etc- 
and  harness,  the  purchase  of  lumber,  nails,  iron  and  steel,  for  erecting 
store  houses,  quarters  for   troops  and  other  repairs,  hire  of  teamsters, 
laborers,  etc.,  seven  million  four  hundred  and  sixty-four  thousand  and 
seventy-five  dollars. 

For  pay  for  horses  of  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  killed,     Horses. 
in  battle,  under  act  number   forty-eight,  section    seven,  and  for  which 
provision  is  to  be  made,  twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

For  pay  for  property  pressed  into  service  of  the    Confederate  Slates     Property  impress- 
under  appraisement,  said  property  having  been  either  lost  or  applied  to 
the  public  service,  thirty-seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  subsistence  of  prisoners  of  war,  under  act  number  one  huu-     Prisoners  of  war. 
dred  and  eighty-one,  section  first,  and  the  hire  of  the  necessary  prisons, 
guard  houses,  etc  ,  for  the  safe  keeping  of  the  same,  or  so  much  thereof 
as  may  be  necessary,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  bounty  of  fifty    dollars    to  each    non-commissioned  officer,     Bounty. 


82  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  50.     1S62. 

musician  and  private   now  in  service  for  three  years  or  for  the  war,  to 
be  paid  at  the  expiration  of  the    first  year's   service,  on  the  basis  that 
sixty  thousand  will  have  to  be  paid,  three  million  dollars, 
officers  on  duty  in      For  the  pay  of  officers  on  duty  in  the  offices  of  the  Adjutant  and  In- 
certain  offices.  spector  General's  Department,  the   Quartermaster  General's,  Medical, 

.  Engineer,  Ordnance  and  Subsistence  Departments,  sixty-four  thousand 
six  hundred  and  seventy  dollars. 
Private  physicians      Medical  Department. — For  pay    of  private  physicians  employed  by 
contract,  from  the  first  to  the  thirty-first  of  January,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-three,  thirty  thousand  dollars. 
Nurses  and  cooks.      For  pay  of  nurses  and  cooks,  not  enlisted  or  volunteer,  from  the  first 
to  the  thirty-first  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  forty- 
eight  thousand  dollars. 
Hospital  stewards.      For  Pay  or"  hospital  stewards,  from  the  first  to  the  thirty-first  Janua- 
ry, eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  twelve  thousand  dollars. 
Hospital  laundresses      For  pay  of  hospital  laundresses,  from  the  first  to  the  thirty-first  Jan- 
uary, eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  ten  thousand  dollars. 
Medical  and  hos-      For  medical  and  hospital  supplies  of  the   army,  from  the  first  to  the 
pitai supplies.  thirty-first  January,  eighteen    hundred    and    sixty-three,   four  hundred 

thousand  dollars. 
Military  hospitals.      For  the  establishment  and  support  of  military  hospitals,  from  the  first 
to  the  thirty-first  January,   eighteen   hundred  and    sixty-three,  thirty- 
seven  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Department  of  State. — For  the   compensation   of  Secretary  of  State, 

Office  of  feeerctary     .      .  l  •>  ,     ,    ,  '        ,  ,        .    ,       ,     J,       ,  ' 

•f  state.  clerks,    messenger     and    laborer,  one    thousand    eight  hundred    and 

thirteen  dollars  and  thirty-four  cents. 

Diplomatic  books.         For   purchase    of    diplomatic   books,    one   thousand  five   hundred 
dollars. 
Deficit  in  Post-Of-      Post- Office  Department. — To  pay  deficit  in  the  Post-Office   Depart- 

fice Department.  ment,  under  the  provisions  of  "  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  payment  of 
sums  ascertained  to  be  due  for  postal  service  to  citizens  of  the  Con- 
federate States  by  the  Postmaster  General,"  approved  September 
twenty-seventh,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  eight  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars. 
Deficiencies  in  the      For  deficiencies  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  nine  months 

partinent!aster  s  De  *°  January  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  thirty-nine  million 
dollars. 

foreign  intercourse.       For  foreign  intercourse,  i.  e.,  salaries  of  commissioners  and  secreta- 
ries for  three  months  from  January  first,  eighteen  hundred  and   sixty- 
three,  twelve  thousand  dollars. 
Deficit   in  appro-      For  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  to  supply  deficit  in  appropriation 

EKpfii  s™pPiteas  ^r  the  period   extending  from  April   first  to  December  first,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two,  one  million  five  hundred   thousand  dollars. 

and  for  private  physi-      For  pay  of  private  physicians   employed   in   conjunction  with   the 

cia"';-  medical  staff  of  the  army,  to  supply  deficit  in  the  appropriation  for  the 

period  extending  from  April  first  to  December  first,  eighteen   hundred 
and  sixty-two,  fifty  thousand  dollars, 
interest  on  money      To  pay  interest  on  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  borrowed  by  Cen- 
to Branch  Bank  of  era]    Hindrnan  from   Branch    Bank  of  Tennessee  on  the  twenty-eighth 
May,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  returned  July  seventeenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  four  thousand  one  hundred  and    nine 
dollars, 
office  of  Secretary      Navy  Department — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy, 

•f  the  Navy.  Clerks  and    Messenger,  for  the    month  of  January,  eighteen   hundred 

and  sixty-three,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-seven  dollars 
and  seventy-seven  cents. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Navy  Department  for 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  50.     18C2.  #  83 

the  month  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty -three,  one  thousand 
dollars. 

Executive  Department. — For   compensation  of  the   President,  Vice-     President,  Vice- 
President.    Private   Secretary  and   Messenger,  for  three   months  from  secretary11  and "aies- 
January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  seven  thousand  nine  hun-  senger. 
dred  and  twenty  dollars. 

For  contingent  and  telegraphic  expenses  of  the  Executive  office  for     Contingent  and 
the  month  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  five  hundred  ec£!aPiK 
dollars. 

For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  the   Treasury,  Assistant  Sec-     Office  of  the  Sec- 

i  j  j  '  rctfiry   of  the   Xr£«t- 

retary,    Comptroller,    Auditors,    Treasurer  and    Register,    Clerks    and  sury. 
Messengers  of  the   Treasury  Department,  for  the   month  of  January, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  thirty  thousand  dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Treasury  Department 
for  the  month  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  live  thou- 
sand dollars. 

For  compensation  of  three  Commissioners,  appointed   under  the  Se-  d  e^^equeTtrauoB 
questration  Act,  and   for  clerk   hire   and   contingent   expenses  for  the  Act. 
month  of  January,  eighteen   hundred    and   sixty-three,  one   thousand 
four  hundred  dollars. 

For  eno-raving;  and  printing  Treasury  notes,  bonds  and  certificates  of    Treasury  notes, 

•  bonds   &c 

stock,  and   for  paper  for  the  same,  for  the  month  of  January,  eighteen  ' 

hundred  and  sixty-three,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Rent  of  Executive  buildings  and  of  the  President's   house  for  three     Rent  of  Executive 
months  from  January,  eighteen  hundred   and   sixty-three,  six  thousand 
four  hundred  and  thirty-eight  dollars  and  forty-five  cents. 

For  interest  on  the  public  debt  for  the  month  of  January,  eighteen  ,  Tbntcrest  on  pubHe 
hundred  and  sixty-three,  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  Choctaw  general   fund,  being  amount  of  interest  due  on  ac-  ta^g^eraiPftjndh°8 
count  of  said  fund,  and  paid  into  the  Treasury  by  the  State  of  Virginia, 
for  the  month  of  January,  eighteen   hundred  and  sixty-three,  thirteen 
thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

For  pay  of  members  and   officers  of  the  Senate,  and  for  the  contin-  ce^"" uTserite^ 
gent   fund,  from   the   twenty-first   December,  eighteen    hundred    and 
sixty-two,  to  first  February,  eighteen  hundred  and   sixty-three,  eleven 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty  dollars. 

Attorney    General's   Department. — For    compensation    of    Attorney  GOffi0?  of  Attorney 
General,  Assistant   Attorney  General,  Clerks  and   Messenger,  for  the 
month  of  January,  eighteen    hundred    and    sixty-three,   one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  ninety-one  dollars  and  sixty-seven  cents. 

For  compensation  of  Superintendent  of  Public   Printing;.  Clerk    and     Superintendent  °f 

i  i  oj  Public  Pnntins  Clerk 

Messenger  for  the   month  of  January,  eighteen    hundred    and    sixty- and  Messenger.' 
three,  three  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents. 

For  compensation  of  Governor  and  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs,     Arizona  Territory. 
the  Secretary,  Judges,  Attorney  and  Marshal  of  Arizona  Territory,  for 
the  month  of  January,  eighteen   hundred  and  sixty-three,  eight  hun- 
dred and  eight  dollars  and  seventy-one  cents. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  Arizona  Territory,  to  be  expended  by 
the  Governor,  for  the  month  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
three,  forty-three  dollars. 

Commissary  General's  Department. — For  the  purchase  of  subsistence     Subsistence  forth* 
for  the  army  for  the   month  of  January,  eighteen    hundred  and  sixty-  a'my' 
three,  six  million  five  hundred  and  seventy-one  thousand  six   hundred 
and  seventy-two  dollars  and  ninety-one  cents. 

Post -Office  Department. — For   compensation  of  Postmaster  General,     office  of  Postmas- 
Chiefs  of  Bureaus,   Clerks,  Messengers,  &c,  for  January,    eighteen  terGeneral- 


84  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  51,  52.     18G2. 

hundred  and   sixty-three,  seven  thousand  four  hundred  and  forty-two 
dollars  and  fifty-one  cents. 

For  incidental   and  contingent   expenses  of  the  Post-Office  Depart- 
ment for  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  one  thousand  dol- 
lars. 
Deficiencies  in  re-      To  supply  deficiencies  iu  the  revenue  of  the  Post-Office  Department 
DepaxtmentSt"°ffiCe  ^or  ^e  montn  °f  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  one  hun- 
dred and  thirty  thousand  six  hundred  and  seven  dollars  and  thirty-nine 
cents. 
Alterations  in      For  alterations  made  in  building  occupied  by  the  Post-Office  De- 
buiiding.  partment,  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Special  Agents.  For  compensation  of  two  Special  Agents  of  Post-Office  Department 

from  tenth  October,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  to  first  January, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  one  thousand  and  fifty-three  dollars 
and  seventy-four  cents. 
Members  and  offi-  For  pay  of  members  and  officers  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
ree3reSn°4uves.eofIlep"  for  ths  month  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  thirty- 
five  thousand  six  hundred  and  ninety  dollars. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Oct.  13, 1862.  Chap.  LI. — An  Act  authorizing  the  suspension  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus.^ 

The  Congress  of  the   Cmfederate  States  of  America   do  enact,  Tha* 
suspensionof  writ  during  the  present  invasion  of  the    Confederate    States,  the  President 
of  habeas  corpus,     shall  have  power  to  suspend  the  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus 
in  any  cit}',  town,  or  military  district,  whenever  in  his  judgment  the 
public  safety  may  require  it;  but  such   suspension  shall    apply  only  to 
arrests  made  by  the  authorities  of  the  Confederate  Government,  or  for 
offences  against  the  same, 
investigation   of      Sec.  2.     The  President  shall  cause  proper  officers  to  investigate  the 
rested°f  persons  ar~  cases  of  all  persons  so  arrested;  in  order  that  they  may  be  discharged, 
if  improperly  detained,  unless  they  can  be  speedily  tried  in  due  course 
of  law. 
Continuance  of  act.      Sec.  3.  This  Act  shall  continue  in  force  for  thirty  days  after  the  next 
meeting  of  Congress,  and  no  longer. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Oct.  13   1862.       Chap.  LII. — An  Actio  grant  commutation  for  quarters  to  the  Superintendent  of  the' ( Army 
- — ! — Intelligence  Office"  and  his  clerks,  and  to  increase  the  compensation  of  said  clerks. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
iieu°ofmquaarters  I"  That  commutation  in  lieu  of  quarters,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  al- 
lowed superinten- lowed  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  "Army  Intelligence  Office,"  and 
ligence  office  'Vnd  his  clerks,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  under  such 
his  clerks.  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  him,  and   that  the    extra  pay  al- 

Extra  pay  allowed  lowed  said  clerks,  shall  be,  and  is  hereby   increased  from    twenty-five 

clerks,  increased.       tQ  fifty  cents  per  day> 

Approved  Oct.  13;  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.   53,  54,  55,  56.     1862.  85 

Chap.  LIIL—  An  Act  to  authorize  the  President  to  make  certain,  appointments  during  the  recess  Oct.  13, 186-"2. 

of  the  Senate.  ~ 

The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  President 'be,  and  he  is   hereby  authorized  to   fill  by  appoint-  u2tKwL!SKta 
ment,  all  offices  created,  and  all    vacancies   which  may    have  occurred  appointments  during 

,      ■         ,i  .  •  c   r<  Ti         ■  j    j     rru    t       •  l  •    *     recess  of  the  Senate. 

during  the  present  session  or   Congress:     Provided,    1  hat  said  appoint-       proviso, 
ments  shall,  at  the  next  session  of  Congress,  be   submitted  to  the  Sen- 
ate for  its  advice  and  consent:     And  provided,  further,  That  said  ap-      When  appoint- 
pointments  shall  expire,  unless  confirmed,  during  the  next  session  of  the  raems  t0  e~P'rt;- 
Senate. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Chap.  LIV. — An  Actio  regulate  and  fix  the  pay  of  Cadets  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  Oct.  13,  1802. 

States.  — 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  pay  of  Cadets  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States  shall     Pay  of  Cadeu. 
be  the  same  as    Second  Lieutenants    of  the   arm  of    service    to  which 
they  are  attached. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1S62. 


Chap.  LV. — An  Act  to  equalize  the  salary  of  the  Assistant  Attorney  General  with  thai  of  other         Oct.  13,  1S62. 
Assistant  Secretaries  and  the  Chiefs  of  Bureaus.  

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  salary  of  the  Assistant  Attorney  General  shall  be  the  same  as     Salary  of  Assistant 
that   of  other    Assistant    Secretaries    and    the    Chiefs    of  the    several  creased! 
Bureaus. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1S62.  • 


Chap.  LVI. — Jin  Act  to    authorize   the  Vice-President  of    the    Confederate   States   to  employ  a  Oct.  13,  1860. 

Secretary.  


The   Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     v  i  c  e  -  President 
from  and  after  the  passage  of  this    act,   and    during  the  continuance  of  |"^ employ  a  secre- 
his  term  of  service,  the  Vice  President  of  the  Confederate  States  shall 
be  authorized  to  employ  and  appoint  a  Secretary,  at    an  annual  salary  Salary  of  Secretary. 
of  a  thousand  dollars,  to    be   paid    quarterly.     But  the   said  Secretary 
shall  hold  his  place  at  the  pleasure  of  the  Vice-President. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Chapj-LVII. — -Jin  Act  to  relieve  the  army  of  disqualified,  disabled  and  incompetent  officers.  ■      '  ^'°~k 


The    Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Examining  Boar 

•  to      (K*t(1*"P1  LUG       t  \\ 

whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  general  commanding  a  department,  qualifications  of  oj 
the  good  of  the  service  and  the  efficiency  of  his  command,  require  it,  fiecrs  of  the  ar!11>- 
be  is  authorized,  and  it  is  hereby  made   his  duty,  to  appoint  an  Exam- 
ining Board,  to  be    composed  of  officers    of  a  rank  at  least   as  high  as 


86  FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Ch.  57.     1862. 

Of  what  officers  [fo^  0f  t}ie  officers  whose  qualifications  it  is  proposed  to  inquire  into, 
which  board  shall  immediately  proceed  to  examine  into  the  cases  of 
such  officers  as  may  be   brought   to  their  attention    for  the  purpose  of 

Duties-  determining  their  qualifications  for  the  discharge  of  the  duties  properly 

appertaining  to  their  several  positions. 

Sec.  2.   Be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  such  examining  board 

Decisions  and  pro-  shixll  determine  that  any  officer  is  clearly  unfit  to  perform  his  legitimate 

ecedingsoi  the  Board  ,  ...  J       ,  ,  .       „•     .,         .       V,     .       ,.      ,         °        ., 

to  be  communicated  and  proper  duties,  or  careless  and  inattentive  in  their  discharge,  then 
to  the  General  com- ^g  sa^  Doarc|  shall  communicate  their  decision,  together  with  the  full 

raanriing  the  depart-  .  1  ■■ 

nient.  report  or  tneir  proceedings  in  the  case,  to  the  general  commanding  the 

un°ub"Iis0p°"uo<r1<!  Department  in  which  the  examination  shall  have  been  held,  who  shall, 
may  be   suspended  if  he  approve  the  finding   of  the  board,  be   authorized  to    suspend  the 

ProceediligTin such  officer  who  has  been  pronounced  unfit  for  his  position,  and  shall  imme- 

tedeto°SecretatJniof  diately  transmit  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  decision  and  proceedings 

War.  of  the  Examining  Board  with  its     own     action  and    opinion  endorsed 

thereon:  Provided,  That  such  officer  shall  be  entitled  to  be  heard  and 

m25d5ta£e!Ied  l°  t0  caI1  witnesses  in  his  defence. 

if  appproved  by  Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretary  of  War.  if  he  ap- 
u"e"pre3ide'ntd bel°rC  Prove  tne  finding  of  the  board  and  the  action  of  the  general  command- 
ing the   department,  shall   lay  the  same    before  the   President,  who  is 

President  may  re-  authorized  to  retire  honorably,  without  pay  or  allowances,  or  to  drop 
ftom?he?ruiy°therot-  frora  the  army,  as  the  circumstances  of  the  case  may  warrant,  and  the 
ficer found  unfit.  good  of  the  service  require,  the  officer  who  has  been  found  unfit 
for  his  position. 

Officers  command-  Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  in  order  to  secure  ie!iab!e  infor- 
r«erbatta1ions,S&>tfa  mation  of  the  efficiency  and  competence  of  officers,  it  is  hereby  made 
to  make  monthly  re- the-   duty  of  each  officer  commandino    a   regiment,  separate   battalion, 

ports  ot  the   conduct  J     .  ,  p  ~      .        '        F  .     ' 

of  commissioned  of-  company,  battery  or  squadron,  to  .make  to  his  immediate  commanding 
8pecti7edcommandT  °ffieei'>  wri°  shall  transmit  the  same  to  the  brigadier-general  command- 
ing, a  monthly  report  in  tabular  form,  a  copy  whereof  shall  be  retained 
by  the   reporting  officer,  subject  to   the  inspection  of  all    officers  inte- 
rested  therein,  containing  a  list  of  all  commissioned   officers  of  such 
regiment,  separate   battalion,  company,  battery  or  squadron,  in  which 
shall   be  stated   the  number  of  days  each  officer  has   been  absent  from 
his  command,  with  or  without,  or  on  sick  leave  ;  the  number  of  times 
each  officer  has  been  observed  to  have  been  absent  from  his  command 
when  on  march  or  in  action  ;   when  and   when;  each  officer  has    been 
observed  to  have   performed   signal   acts  of  service  ;   when  and   where 
negligent   in   the   performance  of  duty  and    inattentive  to  the  security 
Secretary  of  War  and  economy  of  public   property  ;   printed    blank   forms  of  which  said 
SSSnD«UafnUdrepSru!  reports  shall   be  furnished    by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  use  of  the 
officers  whose  duty  it  is  made  to  make  such  reports. 
Promotions  to  fill       Sec  5.   Be  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever   any  officer  of  a  com- 
office""^8 dropped «  P;in.v>  battalion,  squadron  or  regiment  shall    have  been  dropped  or  hon- 
honorably reured.      urably  retired,  in  accordance  with    the   provisions  of  this  act,  then  the 
officer  next  in  rank   shall    be  .promoted    to  the  vacancy,  if  competent, 
Competency  of  of-  such  competency  to  be  ascertained  as  provided  in  the  first  and  s,  cond 
',]',  i,' .."'..  ,'.'' ;'  sections  of  this  act,  and  if  not  competent,  then  the  next  officer  in  rank 

provided  for  in   the  shall  be  promoted,  and  so  on  until  all  the  commissioned    officers  of  the 

1st  and  2d  section  i.  ,  ,.  ,  .  .     ,,   .  .  .  , 

company,  batta  ion,  squadron  or  regiment  shall  have  been  gone  through 

if  no    officer    be  with  ;   and  if   there  be    no   officer  of  the    company,  battalion,  squadron 

a^yPfiiiPthI'Pvaca^cy  "r  ''egimetit  competent  to  fill  the  vacancy,  then  the  President  shall,  by 

by  appointment.      '  and  with    the   advice  and    consent  of  the    Senate,  fill    the  same  by  ap- 

Proviso.  pointment :   Provided,    i  hat   the   officer   appointed    shall    be   from   the 

same  State  as  th  t  to  which    the   company,  battalion,  squadron  or  regi- 

Purther proviso,      merit  belongs  :  Jj \ad,  provided  further,  That    nothing   herein   contained 

shall  be  construed  as  limiting  the  power  heretofore  conferred  upon  the 


FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Oh.  58,  59,  GO.     1862.  S7 

President  by  existing  laws  to  fill  any  vacancy  by  the  promotion  of  offi- 
cers or  the  appointment  of  privates  "distinguished  in  the  service  by 
the  exhibition  of  extraordinary  valor  and  skill :"  And  provided  farther,      Vacancies   under 

mi     j  ■  •    •  i        ji  x-  c  j  i  •  m.    •  •  j  "lis  act  in  resritnents, 

that  vacancies  arising  under  the  operation  or  this  act,  in  regiments  or  &c, organized  under 
battalions  which  were  organized  under  the  laws  of  a  State  for  the  war,  state  laws, how  fill- 

.  ed. 

or  for  a  period  not  yet  expired,  shall  be  filled  as  in  case  of  death  or 
resignation. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Chap.  LVIII. — An  Act  to  reduce  the  rate  of  interest  on  the  funded  debt  of  the  Confederate  States  . 


Oct.  13.  1862. 


The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  SuedeafterthTistDeI 
That   all   Treasury  notes  issued   after  the.  first  day  of  December  next  {■fmber?  188~'  fund*- 

iiii  i        e        j    Li  i-i  ii  •  •  i  c  ble    onl-''     ln      bonds 

shall  be  made    tundable   only  in  bonds   bearing  interest  at  the  rate  oi  bearing    seven    per 
seven  per  centum  per  annum,  but   in  all   other  respects   similar  to  the  cent' interest- 
bonds  bearing  eight  per  cent,  interest. 

Sec.  2.  The  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  shall  have  authority,  by  pub-  sury  notes  may^be 
lie  notice  duly  advertised,  to  require  the   holders  of  Treasury  notes  to  re<iuiredt0  fund  toe 

i    A         i       i  •    »      ■     i  i  ■    i   •       Same     ln     eiffht     Psr 

come  in  and  fund  the  same  in  eight  per  cent,  bonds,  or  stocks,  within  cent,  bonds  or  stocks. 
six  months  after  the  date  of  such  notice;  and  all  notes  which  sftan  Notice  to  be  given, 
not  be  presented  for  funding  within  the  said  time  shall  thereafter  be  such  notes  °to  Pbe 
entitled  to  be  funded  onlv  in  the  bonds  or  stock  which  shall    thereafter  l™LarblfJ  ft**?"*' 

"    .  ,  en  per  cent,  bonds  or 

be  issued  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  bearing  stocks. 
interest    at    the    rate  of  seven    per    cent,    per    annum,  payable    semi- 
annually :  Provided,  That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed     Proviso. 
to  revoke  the  authority  heretofore   given  to  issue   six  per  cent,  incon- 
vertible bonds. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Chap.  LIX. — An  Act  to  amend  "  An  Act  in  relation  to  public  printing,"  approved  Ftbruanj        Oct.  13.  l.n-— 

■2'ith,  1861. 

Actof  Feb.  27,1861, 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  amended. 
That  the  ninth   section  of  the  above-recited   act  be  so   amended    as  to  rai  to  contract  tor  the 
authorize  the  Postmaster  General   to   contract  for  the    printing  of  post  ^ndbimk/for  fli'ep" 
bills  and  blanks  for  the  Post-Office  Department,  at  rates  of  compensa-  o. Department. 

.•  ..         ,i  i-i  .  i •        j  .       u  •  i     c  •     x-  Rate  of  compensa- 

tion not  exceeding  those  which  are  authorized  to   be    paid   tor  printing  tion. 

for  the  other  Executive  departments  of  the  Confederate  Government. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  18G2. 


Chap.  LX. — An  Act  to  establish  certain  post  routes  therein  named.  October  13,  1862. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  vJxfl  routes  estab" 
That  the  following  post  routes  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  established  : 

From  Centre,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  by  Hanneganand  Rio  Grande, 
to  Cave  Spring,  in  the  State  of  Georgia. 

From  Cave  Spring,  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  by  Kirk's  Grove,  Howell's 
Cross  Roads  and  Osceola,  to  Center,  in  the  State  of  Alabama. 

From  Hampton,  in   the  State  of  Arkansas,  by  Little   Bay,  Fremont, 
to  Eldorado  in  said  State. 


88  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Ch.  60.     1862. 

From  Champagnolle,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  by  Fremont  and  Buf- 
falo, to  Camden  in  said  State.  <jj 

From  Gainesville,  in  Alachna  county,  Florida,  by  Newnon's  Lake, 
to  Morrison's  Mills  in  said  county. 

From  Columbus,  Colorado   county,  Texas,  to  Osage  in  said  county. 

From  Jacksonville,  Telfair  county,  Georgia,  by  Douglass,  Byrd's 
Mill,  Red  Bluffs  and  Rosses  creek,  to  Homersville  in  said  State. 

From  Limestone  Springs,  "in  South  Carolina,  by  Nicholsonville,  to 
Shelby,  in  North  Carolina. 

From  Titi,  in  Colquitt  county,  Georgia,  to  Nashville  in  said  State. 

'From  Limsville,  in  South  Carolina,  by  Maybinton,  to  Goshen  Hill 
in  said  State. 

From  Statesville,  in  North  Carolina,  by  Taylorsville,  Wilkesboro  and 
Jefferson,  to  Marion,  in  the  State  of  Virginia. 

From  Cedar  Town,  Polk  county,  Georgia,  by  Tallapoosa,  to  Bowdoin 
in  said  State. 

From  Brandidge,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  Troy,  in  said  State. 

From  Georgiana,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  South  Butler,  and  thence 
to  Oaky  Streak  in  said  State. 

From  Lincolnton,  in  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  by  Rock  Mills  and 
Dickson's  Mills,  to  Knob  creek,  in  said  State 

From  Due  West  Corner,  in  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  by  Level 
Land,  Temple  of  Health  and  Diamond  Hill,  to  Lowndesville  in  said 
State. 

From  Demopolis,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  Forkland,  in  said  State. 

From  Syllacogga.  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  Childersburg  in  said 
State. 

From  Rome,  in  the  ftate  of  Georgia,  to  Summersville  in  said  State. 

From  Pollard,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  Austinville,  on  Yellow 
River,  in  the  State  of  Florida. 

From  Nashville,  in  the  State  of  Georgia,  by  Cat  creek,  to  Valdosta 
in  said  Siate. 

From  Newton,  Baker  county,  Georgia,  by  Camilla,  McElamsville, 
and  Fried  creek,  to  Thomasville  in  said  State. 

From  Demopolis,  in  the  State  of  Alabama,  to  Jefferson  in  said  State. 

From  Johnston  P.  0.,  Pulaski  county,  Georgia,  to  Dublin,  Laurens 
county,  in  said  State. 

From  Vicksburg,  Mississippi,  via  Grand  Lake,  to  Luna,  Arkansas. 

From  Pittsboro,  in  North  Carolina,  to  the  Gulf,  in  said  State. 

From  Trussville,  in  the  ttate  of  Alabama,  by  Florence,  to  Talladega 
in  said  State. 

From  the  Railroad  Depot,  on  White  River,  on  the  Memphis  and 
Little  Rock  Railroad,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  to  Brownsville  in  said 
State. 

From  Oak  Ridge,  in  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  to  King's  Store,  in 
the  county  of  Guilford,  in  said  State. 

From  Paulding,  in  the  State  of  Mississippi,  to  Taylorsville  in  said 
State. 

From  Camden,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  by  Holly  Springs,  to  Ar- 
kadelphia  in  said  State. 

From  Walholla,  in  South  Carolina,  to  Clarkensvillo,  in  the  State  of 
Georgia. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.  Sess.  II.     Cii.    61;  62.     1862.  89 

Chap.  LXI. —  An  Act  to  authorize  the  grant  of  wiedali  and,  badges  of  distinction  as  a  reward      October  13,  18S2. 
for  courage  and  good  conduct  on  the  field  of  battle.  '  ' 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  Bestowmem  of 
That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  bestow  medals,  distinction  as  a  re,- 
v/ith  proper  devices,  upon  such  officers  of  the  armies  of  the   Confede-  ward  tor  courage  and 

X       r  i      11   i  •  c  iii  2<inf'  conduct  on  the 

rate  States  as  shall  be  conspicuous  for  courage  and  good  conduct  on  the  fluid  of  battle. 

field  of  battle;   and  also  to  confer  a  badge  of  distinction  upon  one  pii- 

vate  or  non-commissioned  officer  of  each   company  after  every  signal 

victory  it  shall  have   assisted  to  achieve.     The  non-commissioned  of-     How  soldier  best 

fleers  and   privates  of  the   company,  who  may  be  present  on  the  first  entitled   to   receive 

l  l  J  ■  J  \  SU.CD  iilStiXICtlOD  to  LiG 

dress  parade  thereafter,  may  choose,  by  a   majority  of  their  votes,  the  chosen!    His  name 
soldier  best  entitled  to  receive  such   distinction,  whose   name  shall  be  ^^^ated 
communicated  to  the  President  by  commanding   officers  of  the   com- 
pany, and  if  the  award   fall  upon  a   deceased  soldier,  the   bad^e  thus 

r       J  '  I  &  How     bad^'e     dis- 

awarded  him  shall  be  delivered  to  his  widow,  or  if  there  be  no  widow,  posed  of  when  the 
to  any  relation  the  President  may  adjudge  entitled  to  receive  it.  ce^eli  soldier"  a 'e 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


Chap.  LXII. — An  Act  to  protect  the  rights  of  owners  of  slaves  taken  by  or  employed  in-the      October  1." 

army.  ■ 


The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  Jlmerica  do  enact,  That     Persons  connected 

,     i    _■,!      ,i  c  a.\.        r\      c  A        i     "-all    the    army    or 

every  person  connected  with  the  army  or  navy  of  the  Confederate  navycaptimngsiaves 
States  arresting  or  coming  into  possession  of  any  slave,  by  cap-  from  the  enemy, &c, 
ture  from  the  enemy  or  otherwise  than  by  lawful  authority,  shall  imme-  the  commanding  of- 
diately  report  the  same  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post,  or  bri-  nc^jves  rCpOTted  to 
gade  or  station  to  which  he  may  be  attached.  The  said  commanding  he  sent  to  the  nearest 
officer  shall,  with  as  little  delay  as  practicable,  send  the  slaves  so  re-  ofPtbe  piaVeAnrfdate 
ported  to  the  nearest  depot  described  in  the  next   section,  with  a  regis-  0l  arrest. 

i  i  c  Own  t  rs     lunv     nt 

ter  of  the  place  and  date  of  their  arrest:  Provided,  however,  That  the  once  have  the  slaves, 
said  slaves  or  any  of  them,  may  at  once  be  delivered  to  their  respective  °£ipproof  ot  owntf~ 
owners,  if  claim  is  made  and  established  on  satisfactory  evidence.  Depots  for  recap- 

Sec.  2.  The  Secretary  of  War  shall  establish    depots  for  recaptured  tured  slaves. 
slaves  at  convenient  places,  not  more  than  five  in  number,  in  each  State 
and  all  slaves   captured   in  such   State  shall  be   kept  in   such   depots. 
Public  notice  shall  be  given  of  the  places  so  selected. 

Sec  3.  Lists  of  the  slaves  in  each  of  such  depots  showing  the  name  .  Li*1,  ofJ  the  s'aves 

,icii  •  p ■     i      •  i      i        ln  •li,K'1'    depot5  to  be 

and  color  or  such  slaves,  the  place   and   time  or  their   ar  est,  and  the  published, 
names  of  their  owners,  as  given  by  themselves,  or  otherwise  ascertain- 
ed, shall  be  regularly  advertised  in  each  State,  in   one   or  more  news- 
papers of  general  circulation. 

Sec.  4.    While  such  slaves  are  in  depot,  they  may  be  employed,  un-  dSSTndlJS?*   °f 
der  proper  guard,  on  public  works  ;   but  no  slave  shall  be  removed  from 
the  depot  to  which  they  are  first   carried  for  at   least   one   month  after  be  removed. 6J    m*y 
the  first   advertisement  of  his  being   there,  nor  then;  unless  an  exact 
register  is  made  of  the   removal   and   due   advertisement  made  in  the 
newspapers  as  aforesaid. 

Sec.  5.  Free  access  shall  be  permitted  to  all  persons  desiring  to  in-  UJ^  Jf^omto 
spect  the  said  slaves  lor  the  purpose  of  identifying  them  and  establish-  inspect  slaves,  and 

•  i  •  i  j  c    ii  i      ii  "1        •  i-ii  4.         j  o"   due   pronf.  to  be 

ing  ownership,  and  upon  due  preoi,  they  shall  be  immediately  restored  restored  to  claimants 
to  the  persons  claiming  them. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  further  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  re-  secretary  of  War 
quire  the  names  of  all  slaves  in  the  employmenl  of  an  officer  or  soldier  of J l'ia ves  Employed 
of  the  Confederate  Army  or  Navy,  with   the  names  and  residence  of  by  officers  or  soldiers 

,     .  i       c   ,i  ii  i  ■        ,  i      c   i?  &-•  '»  the  anuv  or  navv, 

their  owners,  and  oi  the  person  by  whom    hired  out,  and  or  the  otiicer  witu  tne  names  of 

7 


90  FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Cil  63,  64.     1862. 

teeir owners, &c.,  to  or  soldier  hiring;  to  be  reported  to  his  Department,  and  a  full  register 

ba  reported  to  his  de-  .  •    °'      .  a,      ,  .  »  '  to 

partment.  thereof  to  be  kept  for  public  inspection. 

Regulations  to  car-      Sec.  7.   The  President  shall  prescribe  regulations  for  carrying  this 

ry  tnis  net  into  ctiGot.  ■  .  »/       o 

subsistence  of  act  into  effect,  and  provide  for  the  subsistence  of  said  slaves  while  in 

dejots  WhlI°  ln   "^  SUch  dePots- 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


October  13, 1832. '       Chap.  LXIII. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  formation  of  volunteer  companies  for  local  defence. 


Formation  of  vni-       jy     Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That 

unteer  companies  for  f  J  J  .  J  ' 

local  defence  author- tor  the  purpose  or   local  detence  in  any  portion  ot  the  Confederate 

sZons°c opposed"  States,  any  number  of  persons  not  less  than  twenty,  who  are  over  the 

age  of  forty-five  years,  or  otherwise  not  liable   to  military  duty,  may 

associate   themselves   as  a   military   company,  elect  their  own  officers 

Rules  and  regulations  and  establish  rules  and  regulations  for  their  own  government,  and  shall 

be  considered  as  belonging  to  the  Provisional  Army  of  the  Confederate 

States,  serving  without  pay  or  allowances,  and  entitled,  when  captured 

dv   the  enemy,  to  all   the   privileges   of  prisoners   of  war:  Provided, 

Muster  roil  to  be  That  such  company  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  transmit  their  muster 

sent  to  the  secretary  r0]i   or  a  list  of  the  names   of  the  officers  and   privates  thereof,  to  the 

Governor  of  the  State,  the  commanding  general  of  the  department,  or 

any  brigadier  general   in  the   State  or  Confederate  service,  to  be  for-, 

warded  to  the  Secretary  of  War;  but  the  President  or  the  commander 

pamPn"ies  may be  of  the   military  district  may,  at  anytime,  disband   such   companies: 

Provided,  That  in  the   States  and   districts  in   which  the   act   entitled 

"An  act  to  further  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  approved  April  the 

1862,  Apni  16.       sixteenth,  eighteen   hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  the  acts  amendatory 

Persons  of  any  age  thereof,  have  been  suspended,  persons  of  any  age,  resident  within  such 

in  cerium  States  may  '  .  f  >  f  J     a    > 

form  part  of  such  States  or  districts,  may  volunteer  and  iorm  part  or  such  companies  so 
companies.  long  as  such  suspension  may  continue  :  Provided,  That  no  person  shall 

become  a  member  of  said  company  until  he  shall  have  first  taken  the 
Oath.  oath  of  allegiance  to  the  Confederate  States  of  America  in  writing,  a 

copy  of  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  muster  roll  of  said  company  as 

above  prescribed. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 

I 


October  1.1,  1862.      Chap.  LXIV. — Anklet  to  increase  and  regulate  the  appointment  of  general  officers  inthe  Pro- 
visional Army. 

President  author-  7$e  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
appointments  of  gen-  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  by  and  with  the  advice 
era!  otik-ers  in  the  an(j  COnsent  of  the   Senate,  to  appoint  twenty  general  officers  in  the 

Provisional  Army.  .   .  >   .         i  r  ,       to  •  • 

Provisional  Army,  and  to  assign  them  to  such  appropriate  duties  as  he 
may  deem  expedient. 

Approved  Oct.  13,  1862. 


FIRST  CONGRESS.    Sess.  II.     Res.  1,  2,  3,  4.     1S62.  91 

RESOLUTIONS. 


[No.  1.]     Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to   Captain  Raphael  Semms?,  officers  and  crew  of  the  steamer         Sept.  9,  1862. 

Sumter. 


steamer  Sumter. 


Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That  Thanks  of  congress 
the  thanks  of  Congress  are  due  and  are  hereby  presented  to  Captain  semm^Indafloffi- 
Raphael  Semmes,  and  the  officers  and  crew  of  the  steamer  Sumter,  cers  and  crew  of  the 
under  his  command,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services  rendered  by 
them  in  seriously  injuring  the  enemy's  commerce  upon  the  high  seas, 
thereby  setting  an  example  reflecting  honor  upon  our  infant  navy, 
which  cannot  be  too  highly  appreciated  by  Congress  and  the  people  of 
the  Confederate  States. 

Approved  Sept.  9,  1862. 


[No.  2.]     Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to    Commander  Far  rand,  of  the  Confederate  Nary,  senior  offi-        Sept.  16,1862. 
cer  in  command  of  the  naval  and  military  forces,  and   Captain  Jl.  Drenry,  senior  military  officer,  ' 
and  the  officers  and  men  under  their  command  at  Drewry's  Bluff  onthe  loth  May,  1862. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That  Thanks  of  congress 
the  thanks  of  Congress  are  eminently  clue,  and  are  hereby  most  cor-  FarramTan^CaptaEi 
dially  tendered  to  Commander  E.  Farrand,  senior  officer  in  command  A-  Drewry,  and  the 

r   ,,  ,  .        i  :  i  •.-,  c  ,  ,     ,-,       .    •        a     officers  and  men  un- 

ot  the  combined    naval   and    military  forces  engaged,  and    Captain  A.  der  their  command. 

Drewry,  senior  military  officer,  and   the  officers  and    men  under  their 

command,  for  the   great  and   signal   victory   achieved   over  the  naval 

forces  of  the  United   States  in  the  engagement  on  the  fifteenth  day  of 

May,  eighteen    hundred    and   sixty-two,  at   Drewry's    Bluff;   and  the 

gallantry,    courage    and    endurance    in    that   protracted    fight,    which 

achieved  a  victory  over  the  fleet  of  iron-clad   gunboats  of  the  enemy, 

entitle  all  who  contributed  thereto  to  the  gratitude  of  the  country. 

Resolved  further.  That   the  President  be   requested,  in  appropriate     President  to  eom- 

ij.  ±       .i        p  •  i    ,•  .      .      .!  ic  municate  this  resolu- 

general  orders,  to  communicate  the   foregoing  resolution  to  the  officers  tion. 
and  men  to  whom  it  is  addressed, 
Approved  Sept.  16,  1862. 


[Vo.  3.]    Joint  resolution  to  authorize  the  Postmaster  General  to  cause  certain  alterations  to        Sept.  27, 1362. 

be  made  in  the  building  now  occupied  by  the  Post-vflicz  Department. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America,  That   Alterations  in  buiid- 
the  Postmaster  General   be  authorized    to  cause   such    alterations  to  be  pos^offlce*  Depan- 
made  in  the  building  now  occupied   by  the  Post-Office  Deptirtment,  as  IIKUt- 
may  in   his   opinion   be   necessary  :   Provided,  The  cost   shall  not  ex- 
ceed two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Approved  Sept.  27,  18G2. 


[No.  4.]    Joint  resolution  of  thanhs  to  Lieutenant  1.  N.  Broicn  and  all  under  his  command.  Qct   o   isg^. 


Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That    Thanks  of  Congress 
the    thanks  of  Congress   are    hereby  cordially  tendered   to  Lieutenant  Brown.1"'  Isaa°     ' 


92  FIRST  CONGRESS.     Sess.  II.     Res.  4.     1862. 

Isaac  N.  Brown,  and  all  under  his  command,  for  their  signal  exhibition 
of  skill  and  gallantry  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  July  last,  on  the  Missis- 
sippi river,  near  Vicksburg,  in  the  brilliant  and  successful  engagement 
of  the  sloop-of-war  "Arkansas,"  with  the  enemy's  fleet. 
Approved  Oct.  2,  1862. 


TO   THE 


FOREGOING    PUBLIC    LAWS    AND    RESOLUTIONS 


OF   THE   CONFEDERATE   STATES. 


A. 

Accounts, 

surgeons  and  assistant  surgeons  to  render  weekly 

accounts  of  hospital  funds  received, 

to  be  verified  by  vouchers, 

Agents, 

appropriation  for  special   agents  of   post-office 

department, 

Appropriations, 

to  pay  Choctaw  nation  interest  due  by  State  of 

Virginia. 

to  pay  for  construction  of  railroad  between  Blue 

Mountain,  Alabama,  and  Rome,  Georgia 

to  refund  to  Louisiana  the  excess  of  the  war  tax 

overpaid  by  her, 69- 

to  refund  to  North   Carolina  the  excess  of  the 

war  tax  overpaid  by  that  State, 

for  the  executive,  legislative  and  judicial  ex- 
penses of  the  government  for  the  month  of  De- 
cember, 1S32, 

executive, 

president 

vice-president, 

private  secretary, 

messenger, 

treasury  department. 

secretary's  office, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 

war  department,   

secretary's  office, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses 

nav)"  department 

secretary's  office, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 

post-office  department, 

postmaster  general's  office, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 

justice  department.   

attorney  general's  office, 

office  of  superintendent  of  public'printing, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 

printing  for  the  several  departments, 

Arizona    territory, 

governor 

commissioner  of  Indian  affairs, 

secretary, 

judges, 

attorneys, 

marshal, 

contingent  expenses, 

miscellaneous, 

light  and  fuel  for  public  buildings, 

treasury  notes,  bonds,  etc., 73. 

deficiencies  in  the  revenue  of  the  post- 
office  department 

copies  of  the  journal  of  the  Provisional 

Congress  and  convention, 

officers,  etc.,  of  the  army,  supplies  and 

other  expenses, 

prisoners  of  war. 


Approjiriations.  (continued.) 

bounty, 74 

subsistence  stores  and  commissary  pro- 
perty,    74 

ordnance  service, 74 

engineer  service, 74 

medical  and  hospital  supplies, 74 

nurses  and  cooks, 74 

physicians, 74 

military  hospitals, 74 

detection  of  persons  passing,  etc.,  forg- 
ed notes, 74 

iron  and'  coal, 74 

winter  quarters  for  officers, etc.,  at  Drew- 

ry's  Bluff, .' 74 

for  marines, 74 

ordnance    service,    including    ordnance 

and  ordnance  stores, 74 

members  and  offiers  of  Congress, 74 

members  of  the  Senate, 74 

officers  of  the  Senate, 74 

contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate, 74 

contingent  and   telegraphic  expenses  of 

the  executive  office, 74 

deficiencies  in  the  engineer  appropria- 
tions,    74 

claims  for  vessels  seized, 7t 

flour, 74 

redemption  and  cancellation  of  treasury 
notes  and  issue  of  other  notes  in  their 

stead, 74 

for  the  support  of  the  government  for  the  month 

of  January,  1833, SI 

war  department, 81 

secretary's  office, 81 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 81 

ordnance  bureau. 81 

ordnance  service, 81 

engineer   service, 81 

iron, 81 

nitre, 81 

quartermaster's  department. 81 

pay  of  the  army, 81 

transportation  of  troops,  stores,  pur- 
chase of  horses,  lumber,  etc.,. 81 

pay  for  horses  killed  in  battle, St 

for  property  pressed  into  service, 81 

prisoners  of  war, 81 

bounty, 81 

deficiencies  in, 82 

officers  on  duty  in  certain  offices, 82 

medical  department 8*2 

private'  physicians, 63 

nurses  and  cooks, 82 

hospital  stewards, 82 

hospital  laundresses, 82 

medical  and  hospital  supplies, 82 

military  hospitals, 82 

deficit  in  appropriation  for  medical  and 
hospital  supplies  and  for  private  physi- 
cians,    82 


a 


INDEX. 


Appropriations,  (continued). 

state  department, 

secretary's  office, 

diplomatic  books, 

foreign  intercourse, 

post-office  department, 

deficit  in, 

navy  department, 

secretary's  office, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses,..  82 

executive  department, 

president, 

vice-president, 

private  secretary, 

messenger, 

contingent  and  telegraphic  expenses,... 

rent  of  executive   buildings, 

treasury  department, 

secretaay's  office, 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 

commissioners  under  sequestration  act, 

treasury  notes,  bonds,  etc., 

interest  on  public  debt, 

interest  on  money  of  Branch  Bank  to  Ten- 
nessee,   

interest  on  Choctaw  general  fund, 

justice  department, 

attorney  general's  office 

superintendent  of  public  printing,  clerk 

and  messenger, 

Arizona  territory, 

governor, 

commissioner  of  Indian  affairs, 

secretary, 

judges, 

attorney, 

maishal, 

contingent  expenses, 

commissary  general's  department, 

subsistence  for  the  army, 

post-office  department, 

office  of  postmaster  general S3 

incidental  and  contingent  expenses, 

deficiencies  in  revenue  of, 

alteration  in  building  occupied  by, 

special  agents. 

legislative, 

senate,  

house, 

Arizona  Territory, 

appropriation  for, 

legislalive,  executive  and  judicial  officers,  73, 

contingent  expenses 73, 

Army — (see  Compensation,  Enrollment,  Officers.) 
appointment  of  additional   officers   of   artillery 

for  ordnance  duties, 

organization  of  divisions  into  army  corps, 

each  army  corps  to  be  commanded  by  a  Lieu- 
tenant  General, 

transfer  of  privates  and  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers,   

rank  conferred  on  officers  of  the  engineer  corps, 

number  of  officers  in  each  grade  limited, 

all  white  men.  residents  of  the  C.  S.,  between 
the  ages  of  35  and  45  years,  placed  in  the  mili- 
tary service, 61- 

also  all  persons  who  now  are  or  may  hereaf- 
ter become  18  years  of  age, 

to  serve  their  full  time, 

where  all  are  not  required,  who  to  be  first 

called  out, 

disposition  made  of  persons  called  into  the 

military  service, 

suspension  of  conscript  acts  in  certain  local- 
ities,   62, 

when  soldiers  in  the  service  may  be  assigned  as 

nurses  and  ward-masters 

appointment  of  adjutant  of  the  grade  of  subal- 
tern for  independent  battalions, 

rank,  pay  and  allowance, 

soldiers  tranferred  to  be  furnished  with  trans- 
portation,   

camps  of  instruction  for  enrolled  persons, 

soldiers  to  be  provided  with  clothing 

to  be  paid  the   money  value   of  clothing   due 

1  hem  at  the  end  of  the  year, 

machinery  or  materials  for  the  manufacture  of 
clothing  and  shoes  for,  may  be  imported  duty 

free, 

may  be  worked  on  government  account,  or 
leased  or  sold, 


53 


Army,  (continued). 

privilege  of  this  act  extended  to  companies 

or  individuals, 

clothing  for  the,  may  be  of  such   color  and 

quality  as  may  be  obtained, 

assistant  adjutant  general  added  to  the  adjutant 

and  inspector  general's  department, 

as  to  organization  of  military  courts  to  attend 
the  army  into  the    field,    see    title    Military 

Courts,  and 71- 

persons  may  be  detailed  from,  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  shoes  for  the  army, 

their  pay, 

appropriations  for, 73,81- 

regiments  or  battalions  organized  prior  to  Oct. 
1,  1862,  though  composed  in  part  of  persons 
between  the  ages  of  IS  and  35  years,  may  be  re- 
ceived into  the  service, 71- 

those  organized  after  that  time  not  to  be  re- 
ceived, except  in  States,   etc.,  where  the 

conscript  law  maybe  suspended, 

regiments  or  battalions  organized  of  conscripts 
of  any  of  the.  States  west  of  the  Mississippi 

river,  may  be  received, 

president  may  accept  companies,  etc.,  of  infan- 
try, raised  before  Dec.  1.  1862,  within  the  lim- 
its of  middle  and  west  Tennessee, . , 

election  of  the  officers, 

vacancies  filled  by  president, 

may  also  accept  companies,  etc.,  from  certain 
counties  in  North  Carolina  exposed  to  the  in- 
cursions of  the  enemy, 

act  of  May  8,  1861,  authorizing  the  president  to 
accept  the  services  of  volunteers  without  re- 
gard to  the  place  of  enlistment,  &c,  to  have 

full  effect  in  certain  States  and  districts, 

president  may  appoint  major  and  brigadier  gene- 
rals, with  their  staffs,  and  the  field,  company 
and  staff  officers  to  regiments,  etc.,  before  the 

same  are  organized, 76- 

commissions  of  the  officers  may  be  vacated, 
if  regiments,  etc.,    not  completed  within 

a  reasonable  time, 

pay  of  the  officers,  for  what  time, 

of  what  number  companies  of  the   different 

arms  of  the  service  to  consist, 

bounty  secured  to  soldiers  and  officers,  thiugh 
dead  or  discharged,  to  be  paid  as  other  arrear- 
ages,   

persons  exempt  from  military  duty 77- 

as  to  proceedings  to  determine  the  qualifications 
of  officers  of  the  army,  and  the  filling  of  va- 
cancies where  any  officer  is  dropped  or  re- 
tired, see  title  Examining  Boards,  and S5 

bestowment  of  medals  and  badges  of  distiction 
as  a  reward  for  courage  and  good  conduct  on 

the  field  of  battle 

how  soldier  best  entitled  to  receive  such  dis- 
tinction to  be  chosen,   

his  name  to  be  communicated   to  the  presi- 
dent,   

how  badge  disposed  of  when  the  award  falls 

on  a  deceased  soldier, 

as  to  protection  of  the  rights  of  owners  of  slaves 
taken   by  or   employed   in  the  army,  see  title 

Slaves,  and 8! 

formation  of  volunteer  companies  for  local  de- 
fence,    

such   companies  considered  as  belonging  to 

the  provisional  army, 

president  authorized  to  increase  the  appointment 

of  general  officers  in  the  provisional  army, 

Army  Corps, 

president  authorized  to  organize  divisions  of  the 
provisional  army  into  army  corps,  and  to  ap- 
point the  officers  thereof, 

when  commanders  of,  may  detail  an  officer  to 
perform  the  duties  of  judge  advocate  for  mili- 
tary courts, 

Army  Intelligence  Office, 

commutation  in  lieu  of  quarters  allowed  super- 
intendent (jf,  and  his  clerks, 

extra  pay  allowed  clerks,  increased, 

Arrests, 

when  notice  of,  to  be  given  judge  advocate, 

president  to  cause  proper  officers  to  investigate 

the  cases  of  all  persons  arrested, 

irtillery. 

appointment  of  additional  officers  of,  for  ord- 
nance duties. 

Assistant  Attorney  General, 

salary  of,  increased, 


INDEX. 


in 


Attorney  General, 

appropriation  for  his  office, 73, 

salary  of  assistant,  increased, „t. . . 


Badges  and  Medals, 

of  distinction ;  bestowment  of,  as  a  reward  for 
courage  and  good  conduct  on  the  field  of  bat- 
tle,  

how  soldier,  best  entitled  to  receive  such  dis- 
tinction, to  be  chosen, 

his  name  to  be  communicated  to  the  presi- 
dent,   

how  badge  disposed  of,  when  the  award  talis  on 

a  deceased  soldier, 

Banks, 

appropriation  to  pay  interest  to  Branch  Bank  of 

Tennessee, 

Battalions, 

adjutant  of,  of  the  grade  of  subaltern,  may  be 

appointed  for  independent  battalions, 

his  rank,  pay  and  allowance, 

Board  of  Examination, 

of  enrolled  men,  to  be  established  in  each  con- 
gressional district, 

Bonds, 

to  be  issued  to  pay  for  iron-clad  vessels  of  war, 

etc.,  to  be  constructed  abroad 

required  of  naval  store-keepers, 

Bounty, 

appropriations  for, 74 

secured  to  soldiers  and  officers,  though  dead  or 
discharged,  to  be  paid  as  other  arrearages, .... 
Branch  Bank  of  Tennessee, 

appropriation  to  pay  interest   to. 

Brown,  Lieutenant  Isaac  jV., 

resolution  of  thanks  of  Congress  to.  and  to  all 
under  his  command, .' 91- 


c. 

Cadets, 

pay  of, 

Camps 

of  instruction,  to  be  established  for  enrolled  per- 
sons,  

officers  to  be  appointed  to  superintend  the  same, 

their  rank  and  pay, .' 

only  those  who  are  fit  for  military  duty  to  at- 
tend,   

Choctaws, 

appropriation  to  pay  interest  to, 57, 

Claims, 

d  ib  to  deceased  non-commissioned  officers  and 
privates  may  be  paid  without  producing  pay- 
roll,   

of  deceased  commissioned  officers  paid  in  same 

manner, 

clerical  force  in  second  auditor's  office  increased, 

for  the  adjustment  of  such  claims, . ...   67 

appropriation  to  pav  claims  for  vessels  seized,.. 
Chris, 

additional  temporary  clerks  may  be  appointed  in 

second  auditor's  office, 

their  pay,. 67 

to  be  appointed  for  military  courts 

salary.. 

Clothing 

allowed  for  the  use  of  the  sick  while  in  hospi- 
tals,   , 

to  be  drawn  upon  the  written  requisition  of  the 

surgeon  and  kept  for  the  use  of  tTre  hospital, 

surgeon  to  account  for.  as  for  other  public 

property,  

to  be  furnished  to  the  soldiers. 

soldiers  to  be  paid  the  money  value  of,  due 

them  at  the  end  of  the  year, "... 

repeal  of  law  providing  commutation  for 

machinery  and  materials  for  the  manufacture  of, 

for  the  army,  may  be  imported  duty  free, 

may  be  worked  on   government  account,  or 

leased  or  sold, 

privilege  of  this  act  extended  to  companies 

or  individuals, 

may  be  of  such  color  and  quality  as  may  be  ob- 
tained , 

Coal, 

appropriation  for, - 

Collectors, 

secretary  of  the  treasury  to  pay  district  collect- 


ors of  the  war  tax  in  States  that  have  assumed 

the  payment  thereof, 76 

amount  heretofore  paid  to  be  deducted, 75 

chief  collectors  to  receive  quarterly  a  pro- 
portionable amount  of  their  salaries 76 

term  of  office  of  certain  war  tax  collectors 

extended, 80 

pay  for  additional  term, 80 

Commissary  Property, 

appropriation  for, 74,  83 

Commissions, 

of  officers  of  certain  regiments,  etc.,  may  be  va- 
cated, if  regiments,  etc.,  nut  completed  with- 
in a  reasonable  time, 77 

Commutation, 

law  providing  commutation  for  clothing  repeal- 
ed,      69 

in  lieu   of  quarters,  allowed   superintendent  of 

army  intelligence  office  and  his  clerks, 64 

Compensation, 

of  lieutenant  general  of  army  corps, 58 

of  officers  and  soldiers  in  Missouri  in  the  C.  S. 

service, 59-60 

of  principal  musician  of  marine  corps, 60 

of  engineer-in-chief  and  passed  assistant  sur- 
geons of  the  navy 61 

of  matrons,  nurses,  cooks  and  ward-masters  of 

hospitals, 61 

of  adjutants  for  independent  battalions, 6f> 

of  sailors  and  marines  increased, 07 

of  additional  temporary  clerks  in  second  audi- 
tor's office, 67-G3 

of  special  agents  to  superintend  transportation  of 

mails  across  the  Mississippi  river 68 

of  officers  appointed  to  superintend  camps  of  m- 

s  ruction, 69 

of  members  and  officers  of  military  courts  to  at- 
tend army  corps  in  the  field, 71 

of  person's  detailed  from  the  army  to  manufac- 
ture shoes  for  the  army, 72 

of  delegates  from  Indian  nations, 75 

of  district  collectors  of  the  war  tax  in  certain 

States, 76 

amounts  heretofore  paid  to  be  deducted, 76 

chief  collectors  to  receive  quarterly  a  propor- 
tionable amount  of  their  salaries 76- 

of  officers  of  regiments,  &c,  appointed   before 

the  same  are  organized, 77 

of  certain  war  tax  collectors  for  their  extended 

term, 80 

of  officers  and  employees   in  the  executive  and 

legislative  departments,  increased. 80 

of  naval  storekeepers, fcO 

of  clerks  in  army  intelligence,  office,  increased,.     80 

of  cadets, 85 

of  assistant  attorney  general,  increased, 85 

of  secretary  of  vice  president, 85 

Congress, 

time  for  assembling  of,  for  its  next  regular  ses- 
sion, changed, .     60 

appropriation  for  copies  of  the  journal  of  tho 

provisional  congress  and   convention, 73 

for    members    and    officers   of    two    houses 

of, 74,83,84 

for  contingent  expenses,   74 

pay  and  mileage  allowed  delegates  from  Indian 

nations, 75 

1  [Conscription — vsee  Army,  Enrollment). 
' '■'.Contempts, 

punishment  for,  by  military  court's, 71 

°°[        may  be  employed  for  hospitals, 64 

their  pay, 64 

appropriations  for, 74,82 

Courts — (see  Military  Courts). 

marshal  to  be  appointed   for  the  court  held  at 

Galveston, 65 

marshal  for  the  district  of  eastern  Texas  to  be 

the  marshal  for  the  court  held  at  Tyler, 65 

when  the  places  for  holding  the   district  courts 

may  be  changed, 68 

order  making  the  change  may  be  revoked, 68 

Crimes  and  Punishments, 

punishment  of  contempts  by  military  courts,.. ..     71 
of  persons  in  the  service  of  the  enemy  for  pass- 
ing,  selling,   etc.,   of    counterfeit    treasury 

notes SO-81 

of  commissioned  officsrs  of  ihe  enemy  for  per- 
mitting such  offence  to  be  committed, 81 

trial  to  be  by  a  military  court, 81 

president  may  commute  punishment,  or  pardon,    81 


89 


IV 


INDEX. 


D. 


Deceased  Soldiers  and  Officers, 

claims  due  to  deceased  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers and  privates  may  be  paid  without  pro- 
ducing pay  roll,  ' C 

of  deceased  commissioned  officers  paid  in  like 

manner,       6 

Departments  — (see several  heads). 

pay  of  certain  officers  in  the  executive  and  legis- 
lative departmeats,  increased, SO 

Depots, 

for  re-captured  slaves,  to  be  established,    89 

public  notice  to  be  given  of  the  places  selected,    89 

list  of  the  slaves  in,  to  be  published, SO 

employment  of  slaves,   69 

when  they  may  be  removed,.. S9 

their  subsistence  to  be  provided  for  by  the 

president, 90 

Drewry,  Captain  A., 

resolution  of  thanks  of  Congress  to,  and  to  the 

officers  and  men  under  his  command 91 

president  to  communicate  this  resolution,   ..     ..     91 
Drewry's  Bluff', 

appropriation  for  winter   quarters   for  officers, 

etc., 74 

Duties, 

machinery  or  materials  for  the  manufacture  of 
clothing  and  shoes  for  the  army,  may  be  import- 
ed duty  free, ". 09 

E. 

Engineer  Corps, 

rank  conferred  on  officers  of,  of  the  provisional 

army,  during  the  war, 60 

number  of  officers  in  each  grade  limited, 0U 

Engineer  Service, 

appropriations  for, 74,  §1 

Enrollment, 

of    persons     under    the    amended    conscription 

act, 01-6-2 

persons   subject   to,   may   enlist  in   the    marine 

corps 07 

may  be  enrolled  for  service  in  the  navy  or 
marine  corps  at  any  time  before  assignment 

to  any  company, 67 

duty  of  enrolling  officer, (i 

camps  of  instruction  for  enrolled  persons, 69 

persons  subject  to,  may   be  enrolled  wherever 

found, 70 

act  not  to  extend  to  members  of  military  organi- 
zations under  State  laws,     ' 

suspension  of  aetas  to  residents  of  certain  local- 
ities,      70 

places  of  rendezvous  for  enrolled  men  establish- 
ed,      7." 

persons  enrolled  to  be  examined  by  a  surgeon...     7° 

surgeon  to  <ri  ve  notice  of  the  time 7' 

decision  of  surgeon  taken  as  final 7-' 

board  of  examination  for  enrolled  persons,  how 

constituted, .     7t 

provision  as  to  persons  unable  to  attend  places  of. 

rendezvous  on  account  of  sickness 7f 

when  held  liable  as  without  leave, 7( 

Evidence, 

taking  of,  in  cases  before  military  courts,   ..    ..     7 
Examination, 

board   of,  of  enrolled   men,  to  be  established   in 

each  congressional  district. 7 

Examining  Board, 

to  determine  the  qualifications  of  officers  of  the 

army, S. 

by  whom  appointed, 8 

of  what-officers  composed, S5-8I 

duties  of,... 8i 

decisions  and  proceeding  of,  to  bo  communicated 

to  the  general  commanding  the  department,...     8i 
officer  pronounced  unfit  for  his  position  may  be 

suspended  by  the  general, 81 

proceedings  in  such  case  to  he  transmitted  to  see- 

retary  of  war, 8G 

officer  entitled  to  make  defence, 8C 

finding  of,   if  approved  by  the  secretary  of  war, 

to  bo  laid  before  the  president,       80 

president  may  retire  honorably  or  drop  from  the 

army  the  officer  found  unfit, 80 

officers  commanding  regiments,  separate  batta- 
lions, etc.,  to  make  monthly  reports  of  the 
conduct  of  commissioned  officers  under  their 
respective  comm  inds, 86 


Examining  Board,  ('continued.) 

printed  forms  of  reports  to  be  furnished, 80 

promotions  to  fill  vacancies  where  any  officer  is 

dropped  or  honorably  retired, 86 

competency  of  officers  to  fill  vacancies,  how  as- 
certained,      86 

if  no  officer  be  competent,  the  president  may 

fill  the  vacancy, 86 

officer  appointed  to  lie  from  the  State  to 
which  the  company,  battalion,  etc.,  be- 
longs,      86. 

vai-ancies  in  regiments  or  battalions  organ- 
ized under  State  laws  to  be  filled  as  incase 

of  death  or  resignation, 87 

Executive  Office, 

appropriation  for  contingent  and  telegraphic  ex- 
penses of, 74,  83 

Exempts, 

persons  exempt  from  military  service, 77,  79 

exemption  act  of  April  21,  1S62,  repealed, 79 


F. 


Farrand,  Commander  E., 

resolution  of  thanks  of  Congress    to,  and  to  the 

officers  and  men  under  his  command, 94 

president  to  communicate  same, 91 

Fines,  Forfeitures  and  Penalties, 

infliction  of  penalties  by  military  courts, 71 

punishment  for  contempt  said  courts, 71 

Flour, 

appropriation  for, 74 

Forgery, 

appropriation  for  detection  of  persons,  passing, 

etc.,  forged  treasury  notes, 7-1 

punishment  of  persons  in  the  service  of  the  ene- 
my  for   passing,   selling,   etc.,  of  counterfeit 

treasury  notes, 80-3! 

of  commissioned  officers  of  the  enemy  for  per- 
mitting such  offence  to  bo  committed, 81 

trial  to  be  by  a  military   court, 81 

president  may  commute  punishment,  or  pardon,    81 


G. 


Government, 

appropriation  for  the  executive,  legislative  and 
judicial  expenses  of,  for  the  month  of  Decem- 
ber, 1862 72-74 

for  the  support  of,  for  the  month  of  January, 
1863,  and  for  certain  deficiencies  and  other 
expenses  therein  mentioned, ..81-84 


II. 


Habeas  Corpus, 

writ  of.  suspended, St 

president  to  cause  proper  officers  to  investigate 

the  cases  of  persons  arrested, 84 

continuance  of  act, 84 

Hospitals, 

commutation,  value  fixed  of  rations  of  soldiers  in,    63 
hospital  fund  :   of  what  constituted,   by  whom 

held,  and  how  appropriated, 63 

increase  of  fund  over  certain  amount,  to  be 

paid  into  the  treasury, 63 

commissary  to  account  for  funds, 63 

likewise  surgeons  and  assistant  surgeons,...     63 

account  to  be  verified  by  vouchers, 63 

transportation  of  supplies  for,  by  railroads  and 

boats, 63 

clothing  allowed  each  hospital, 63-64 

matrons  and  female  attendants  allowed, 64 

their  duties  and  pay, ..    .., 64 

surgeons    and   assistant    surgeons    may  employ 

-     other  nurses,  cooks  and  ward-masters, 61 

thei  r  pay, ...     64 

when  soldiers  in  the  service  may  be  assigned  as 

nurses  and  ward-masters 64 

to  bo  numbered  as  hospitals  of  a  particular  State,     64 
sick  or  wounded  soldiers  to  be  sent  to  hospitals 

representing  the  State  in  which  they  reside,. . .     64 
nurses,   cooks,   etc.,   to   be    paid    monthly;    by 

whom  and  how, 64 

appropriations  for 74,  82 

House  of  Representatives, 

appropriation  for  members  and  officers  of, 74,84 


INDEX. 


I. 

Indian.'!, 

appropriation  to  pay  Choctaw  nation  the  interest 
due  by  State  of  Virginia 57 

pay  and  mileage  of  delegates  from  Indian  nations, 
Iron, 

appropriation  for, 


J  udiciary, 

eastern  district  of  Texas  enlarged, 

marshal  to  be  appointed  for  the  court  held  at  Gal- 
veston,  

marshal  for  the  district  of  eastern  Texas  to  be 

the  marshal  for  the  court  held  at  Tyler. 

when  the  places  of  holding  the  district   courts 

may  be  changed, 

order  making  the  change  may  be  revoked,... 
Judge  Advocate, 

to  be  appointed  for  military  courts  that  attend 

army  corps  in  the  field, 

rank  and  pay, / 

term  of  office 

appointments  may  be  made  during  recess  of 

the  Senate, 

Jurisdiction, 

of  military  courts, 

Justice  Department, 

appropriations  for, 73, 


L. 


Laws  of  the  Confederate  States, 

providing  commutation  for  clothing  to  soldiers, 

repealed, 

act  of  May  8,  1S31,  authorizing  the  President  to 
accept  the  services  of  volunteers  without 
regard  to  the  place  of  enlistment,  etc.,  to  have 

full  effect  in  certain  States  and  districts, 

exemption  act  of  April  21,  1SG2,  repealed, 

Laundresses, 

of  hospitals  ;  appropriation  for, 

Lieutenant  General, 

to  be  appointed  to  command  army  corps, 

to  receive  pay  of  brigadier  general, 

Local  Defence, 

volunteer  companies  for, 

of  what  persons  compose.! ' 

rules  and  regulations,... 

muster  roll  to  he  sent  to  Secretary  of  War,.    ... 

companies  may  be  disbanded, 

oath  | 

Louisiana, 

appropriation  to  refund  to,  the  excess  of  war 
lax  overpaid  by  her, 69 

M. 

Mails, 

employment  of  special  agents  to  superintend 
transportation  of,  across  the  Mississippi  river, 

pay  and  allowances 

act  to  continue  in  force  during  the  war, 

Medals  and  Badges, 

of  distinction ;  bestowment  of,  as  a  reward  for 
courage  and  good  conduct  on  the  field  of  bat- 
tle......  

how  soldiers  best  entitled  to  receive  such  dis- 
tinction to  be  chosen, . 

his  name  to  be  communicated  to  the  presi- 
dent.    

how  badge  disposed  of,  wiien  the  award  falls  on 

a  deceased  soldier, 

Marine  Corps, 

increased 

pay  and  allowance  of  principal  musician  of, 

persons  subject  to  enrollment  for  military  service 

may  enlist  in,   ... 

enlistment  may  be  at  any  time  before  assign- 
ment to  any  company, 

Marines, 

pay  of,  increased, 

Marshals, 

to  be  appointed  for  the  court  held  at  Galveston,, 
marshal  for  the  district  of  eastern  Texas' to  be 

the  marshal  for  the  court  held  at  Tyler, 

provost  marshal  to  be  appointed  for  each  mili- 
tary court, 


Marshals,  (continued.) 

his  rank  and  pay, 

term  of  office, 

Matrons, 

allowed  to  hospitals, • 

duties  and  pay, 

Mileage, 

allowed  delegates  from  Indian  nations, 

31iliary  Courts. 

to  be  organized 

to  consist  of  three  members.     Quorum, 

rank  and  pay. 

appointment, 

term  of  office 

judge  advocate  for, 

rank  and  pay, 

term  of  office, 

when  commander'of  the  army  corps  may  detail 
an  officer  to  perform  the  duties  of  judge  ad- 
vocate.  

provost  marshal  to  be  appointed  for, 

rank  and  pay, 

also  a  clerk, 

his  salary  and  duties, 

term  of  office  of  provost  marshal  and  clerk, 

oath  of  members  and  officers  of  the  court, 

rules  of  court, 

punishment  for  contempt  of  court. 

taking  of  evidence,  attendance  of  witnesses  and 

enforcement  of  orders,  etc.. 

jurisdiction, 

infliction  of  penalties, ...71 

when  notice  of  the  arrest  and  offence  to  be  given 

the  judge  advocate -    

to  attend    the  army,  have  appropriate  quarters, 

and  to  be  always  open.. 

final  decisions  of,  subject  to  review,  mitigation 

and  suspension, 

members  and  judges  advocate  of,  may  be  appoint- 

ted  by  the  president  during  recess  of  the  Sen- 
ate  

trial  of  persons  in  the  service  of  the  enemy  for 

passing,  selling,  etc.,   of  counterfeit  treasury 

notes,  to  be  in 

also  of  commissioned  officers  of  the  enemy  for 

permitting  such  offences  to  be  committed, 

Missouri, 

officers  and  soldiers  in,  belonging  to  C  S.  service, 

enrolled    under    command    of   Major   General 

Price,  to  be  paid, 

also  officers  and  soldiers  of  the  State  Guard  in 

the  same  service, 

compensation  of  staff  officers  of  the  State  Guard, 
certificate  of  service  required, 


-70 


89 


Navy, 

pay    of   engineer-in-cluef   and   passed   assistant 

surgeons, CI 

persons  enrolled  for  service  in  the  arm)',  may  be 
enrolled  for  service  in  the  navy  at  any  time  be- 
fore assignment  to  any  company, 67 

appointment  of  naval  storekeepers, SQ 

compensation, 80 

bond, 80 

Navy  Department, 

appropriations  for, 73,  82 

Navy,  Secretary  of  the, 

appropriations  for  his  office, 73,  82 

Nitre, 

appropriation  for, 81 

North  Carolina, 

appropriation  to  refund  to,  the  excess  of  the  war 

tax  overpaid  by  her, 70 

president  may  accept  companies,  etc.,  of  inf.  n- 
trv  raised  before  the  1st  December,  1862.  in 
counties  in,  exposed  to  the  incursions  of  the 

enemy, 75 

election  of  officers. 75 

vacancies  filled  by  president. 75 

Notices, 

when  notice  of  arrest  and  of  the  offence  to  be 

given  judge  advocate,  and  by  whom 72 

surgeons  to  give  notice  of  time  of  examination 

of  enrolled  men, 75 

Nurses, 

may  be  employed  for  hospitals 64 

their  duties  and  compensation, 61 

appropriations  for, 71,  82 


VI 


INDEX. 


0. 

Oaths, 

required  of  soldiers  to  enable  them  to  receive 

their  pay,  before  whom  to  be  taken, 

of  members  and  officers  of  military  courts, 

Officers — (see  Compensation.) 

appointment  of  additional  officers  of  artillery  for 

ordnance  duties, 

rank, 57 

appointment  of  lieutenant  general  for  each  army 

corps, 

his  pay, 

transfer  of  non-commissioned  officer  to  a  regi- 
ment from  his  own  State, 

payment  of  officers   and  soldiers  in  Missouri  in 

the  C.  S.  service, 59 

certificate  of  service  required, 

also  affidavit, 

rank  conferred   on  officers  of  the  engineer  corps 

of  the  provisional  arm;  , 

number  of  in  each  grade  limited, 

when  chief  clerk  of  patent-office  may  be  dis- 
pensed with, 

increase  of,  in  the  signal  corps, 

appointment  of  adjutants  tor  independent  batta- 
lions,   

duty  of  enrolling  officer  as  to  enrollment  of  per- 

persons  in  the  navy  or  marine  corps, 

claims  due  to  deceased  non-commissioned  offi- 
cers and  privates  may  be  paid  without  pay- 
roll,  

claims  of  deceased  commissioned  officers,  how 

paid, 

experienced  accountant  may  be  appointed  to  as-" 

sist  second  auditor, 

also  additional  temporary  clerks, 67 

appointment  of,  in  army  corps, 

assistant  adjutant  general  added  to  the  adjutant 

and  inspector  general's  department, 

as  to  appointment  of  members  and  officers  of 
military    courts,   see    title   Military    Courts, 

and 71 

of  regiments,  battalions,  etc.,  may  be  appointed 
before  the  same  are  organized, 
commissions   may  be  vacated  if  regiments, 
etc.,   not  completed   within  a  reasonable 

time, 

bounty  secured  to,  though  dead  or  discharged,  to 

be  paid  as  other  arrearages, 

term  of  office  of  certain  war  tax  collectors,  ex- 
tended,   

pay  for  additional  term, 

pay  of  officers  and  employees  in  the  executive 
and   legislative  departments,  employed  in  the 

city  of  Richmond,  increased, 

appointment  of  naval  storekeepers, 

president  to  cause  proper  officers  to  investigate 

the  cases  of  all  persons  arrested, 

commutation  in  lieu  of  quarters  allowed  super- 
intendent- of  army  intelligence   office, 

vice  president  may  employ  a  secretary, 

as  to  proceedings  to  determine  the  qualifications 
of,  and  the  filling  of  vacancies  wliere  any  offi- 
cer is  dropped  or  honorably  retired,  see  title 

Examining  Board,  and  85- 

commanding  regiments,  separate  battalions,  etc., 
to   make  monthly   reports   of    the  conduct  of 

commissioned  officers. 

printed  forms  of  reports  to  be  furnished,.    .. 

bestowmcnt  of  medals  and  badges  of  distinction 

on,  as  a  reward  for  courage  and  good  conduct 

on  the  field  of  battle, 

president  authorized  to  increase  the  appointment 

of  general  officers  in  the  provisional  army, 

Offices, 

president  authorized  to  fill  by  appointment  all 
offices  created  during  present  session  of  Con- 
gress,    , 

when  appointmbiit  to  expire, 

Ordnance. 

appropriations  for  ordnance  service, 74, 

for  iron  and  ordnances  on  contracts  for  same,, 
for  the  purchase  and  manufacture  of  nitre... 


Pardon, 

of  persons,  in  the  service  of  the  enemy,  convicted 
of  passing,  selling,  etc.,  of  counterfeit  treasu- 
ry notes, 


Patent  Office, 

when  chief  clerk  of,  may  be  dispensed  with, 61 

Physicians, 

appropriation  for, 74,82 

may  certify  to  the  disability  of  enrolled  persons 

to  attend  places  of  rendezvous, 76 

Postal  Service, 

postmaster  general  to  pay  the  amount  found  due 
to  persons  for  certain  postal  services  rendered 
under  contracts  or  appointments  made  by  the 
U.  S.'  government, 62-63 

Postmaster  General, 

to  pay  die  amount  found  due  to  persons  for  cer- 
tain postal  service  rendered  under  contracts  or 
appointments  made  by  the  U.  S.  government,  62-63 
may  employ  special  agents  to  superintend  trans- 
portation of  mails  across  the  Mississippi  river,     68 

their  pay  and  allowances, 68 

appropriation  for  his  office, 73,  S3,  8-1 

to    contract  for  the  printing   of  post-bills  and 

blanks  for  the  post-office  department, 87 

rate  of  compensation, 87 

to  cause  alterations  to  be  made  in  building  occu- 
pied by  the  post-office  department, ,    91 

Post-office  Department, 

appropriation  to  supply  deficiencies  in  revenue 

of, 73,84 

for  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of, 73,  84 

for  alteration  in  building  occupied  by, 84 

for  compensation  of  special  agents  of, 84 

postmaster  general  to  contract  for  the  printing  of 

post  bills  and  blanks  for  the,   87 

rate  of  compensation,.         87 

alteration  authorized  in  building  occupied  by,...     91 
67]Post  Routes, 
68j         established, 87-83 

President, 

may  appoint  additional  officers  of  artillery  for 

ordnance  duties, 57 

to  appoint  lieutenant  general  for  each  army  corps,    58 
may  appoint  other  officers  in  the  signal  corps, ...     61 
may  suspend  the  execution  of  the  Conscript  act 
in  certain  localities  and  during  such  suspen- 
sion receive  troops  therefrom, 62,70 

authorized  to  contract  for  the  construction  of  a 
railroad  for  military  transportation  between 
Blue  Mountain,  Alabama,  and  Rome,  Georgia,     66 

to  extend  appropriation  for  said  road, 66 

to  take  mortgage  in  the  road  for  the  re-pay- 
ment of  the  money  expended, 66 

may  appoint  adjutant  for  independent  battalions,    66 
authorized  to  organize  divisions  of  the  Provis- 
ional army  into  army  corps,  and  to  appoint  offi- 
cers  thereof, 63 

may  appoint  camps  of  instruction  for  persons  en- 
rolled for  military  service, 69 

authorized  to  import,  duty  free,  machinery  or 
materials   for    the    manufacture  of    clothing, 

shoes,  etc.,  for  the  army, C9 

may  extend  the  privilege  of  this  act  to  com- 
panies or  individuals,   69 

military  courts  to  attend  each  army  corps  in  the 

field,  under  the  direction  of, 71 

members  and  judgesadvocateof  such  courts  . 

to  be  appointed  by, 71 

appointment  may  be  during  the  recess  of  the 

Senate, 72 

appropriations  for  his  office  and  for  contingent 

and  telegraphic  expenses, 73,63 

may  receive  into  the  service  regiments  or  battal- 
ions organized  prior  to  Oct.  1,  1862,  though 
composed  in  part  of  persons  between  the  ages 

of  IS  and  35  years, 75 

those  organized  after  that  time  not  to  be  received 
except  in  States,  etc.,  when  the  Conscript  law 

may  be  suspended, . .     75 

may  receive  into  the  service  regiments  or  battal- 
ions  organized   of   conscripts    in  any   of   the 

States  west  of  the  Mississippi  river, 75 

may  accept  companies,  etc.,  of  infantry  raised 
before  Dec.  1,  1862,  within  the  limits  of  mid- 
dle and  west  Tennessee, , 75 

election  of  officers, 75 

vacancies  filled  by  the  president,  75 

also  from  certain  counties  in  North  Carolina  ex- 
posed to  the  incursions  of  the  enemy, 75 

may  appoint  major  and  brigadier  generals,  with 
their  staffs,  and  also  the  field,  company  and 
staff  officers  to  regiments,  etc.,  before  the  same 

are  organized, .    .  76-77 

commissions  of  the  officers  may  be  vacated, 


81 


INDEX. 


VII 


President,  (continued.) 

it  regiments,  etc.,  not  completed  within  a 

reasonable  time, 

may  commute  punishment  er  pardon  persons  in 

the  service  of  the  enemy  convicted  of  passing, 

selling,  etc.,  of  counterfeit  treasury  notes, .... 

may  suspend  privilege  of  writ  of  habeas  corpus, 

to  cause  proper  officers  to  investigate  the  cases 

of  all  persons  arrested, 

authorized  to  make  certain  appointments  dnring 

the  recess  of  the  Senate, 

when  such  appointments  to  expire, 

may  retire  honorably  or  drop  from  the  army,  offi- 
cers found  unfit  by  examining  board, 

when  he  may  fill  the  vacancy  by  appoint- 
ment  

name  of  soldiers  best  entitled  to  receive  badge  of 
distinction  for  courage,  etc. ,  on  the  battle  field, 

to  be  communicated  to, 

how  badge  disposed  of,  when  the  award  falls 

on  a  deceased  solder,  i 

to  prescribe  regulations  to  carry  into  effect  "  An 
Act  to  protect  the  rights  of  owners  of  slaves 

taken  by,  or  employed  in  the  army," 

to  provide  for  the  subsistence  of  slaves  while 

in  depots 

to  communicate  resolution  of  thanks  of  Congress 
to  commander  Farrand   and  Captain  Drewry, 
and  the  officers  and  men  under  their  command, 
,  authorized  to  increase  the  appointment  of  gene- 
ral officers  in  the  Provisional  army 

Price,  Major  General, 

officers  and  soldiers  in  Missouri  under  his  com- 
mand, in  the  C.  S.  service,  to  be  paid, 

Printing, 

appropriation  for,  for  executive  departments,.. . 
Prisoners, 

appropriation  for  prisoners  of  war, 73, 

Property, 

as  to  protection  of  the  rights  of  owners  of  slaves 
taken  by  or  employed  in  the  army,  see  title 

slaves,  and, S9 

Provost  Marshals.    (See  Marshals.) 
Public  Buildings, 

appropriation  for  lights  and  fuel  for, 

for  alterations  in  buildings  occupied   by   the 

post-office  department, 

authority-given  to  postmaster  general  to  have 

alterations  made, 

Public  Debt, 

appropriation  to  pay  interest  on, 

Public  Printing,  Superintendent  of, 

appropriation  for  his  office, 73, 

Punishment, 

for  contempt  by  military  courts, 

of  persons  in  the  service  of  the  enemy,  for  pas- 
sing, selling,  etc.,  cf  counterfeit  treasury  notes, 
of  commissioned  officers  of  the  enemy  for  per- 
mitting such  offences  to  be  committed, 

trial  to  by  a  military  court, 

commutation  of  punishment  or  pardon, 


E. 

Rzilrofids,  *. 

construction   of    railroad    authorized,    between 
between  Blue  Mountain,  Alabama,  and  Rome, 

Georgia 

appropriation  for  this  purpose, 

mortgage  on  the  road  to  be  taken, 

Rank, 

of  officers  of  the  corps  of  engineers  of  the  Pro- 
visional army, 

of  adjutant  for  independent  battalions, 

of  officers  appointed  to  superintendent  camps  of 

instruction, 

.  of  assistant  adjutant  general  added  to  the  adju- 
tant and  inspector  general's  department, 

of  members  and  officers  of  military  courts, 

Rendezvous, 

places  of,  for  enrolled  men,  established  in  each 

city,  county,  parish  or  district, 

provision  as  to  persons  unable  to  attend  on  ac- 
count of  sickness, 

Resolutions, 

of  thanks  of  Congress  to  Capt.  Raphael  Semmes 

p.nd  the  officers  and  crew  under  his  command,. 

to  Commander   E.   Farrand    and    Captain  A. 

Drewry,  and  the  officers  and  men  under  their 

command, S. 

president  to  communicate  this  resolution. 


Resolutions,  continued.) 

authorizing  postmaster  general  to  make  altera- 
tions in  building  occupied  by  the  post-office  de- 
partment,      91 

of  thanks  of  Congress  to  Lieutenant  Isaac  N. 
Brown  and  his  command, 91-92 


s. 


85 

65  Sailors, 

„„|        pay  of,  increased, 

Salaries — (see  C omptnsation .) 

chief  collectors  of  war  tax  to  receive  quarterly 
a  proportionable  amount  of  their  salaries, .... 
of  certain  officers  and  employees   in  the  execu- 
tive and  legislative  departments,  increased, . . . 
Sales, 

time  for  sale  of  property  in  default   of  payment 

of  taxes  may  be  extended, 

\Second  Aitditor, 
90:        experienced  accountant  may  be  appointed  to  as- 
sist,         

90 'Semmes,  Captain  Raphael, 

resolution  of  thanks   of  Congress  to,  and  to  the 

officers  and  crew  under  his  command, 

91  Senate, 

appropriation  for  officer  of, 7-1. 

90  for  contingent  expenses, 

iSentences, 

of  military  courts  to  attend  army  corps  in  the 
59             field,  subject  to  review,  mitigation  and  sus- 
pension,  

73  Shoes, 

materials  for  the  manufacture  or  articles  for  sup- 
plying  deficiency  of,  may   be   imported  duty 

free, 

may  be  worked  on  government  account,  or 
leased  or  sold, 

90  privilege  of   this  act  may   be   extended   to 
companies  or  individuals, 

detail  of  persons  from  the  army  for  the  manufac- 

73  ture  of,  for  the  army, 

their  pay, 

g4  Sick  and  Wounded, 

provision  for  the,  of  the  army  in  hospitals,...  63 

OJL ■        commutation  value  of  rations  of,  fixed, 

to  be  sent  to  hospitals  representing  the  State  in 

83  which  they  reside, 

arrangements  to  be  made  for  their  transportation 

83!  on  railroads,   64 

also  for  a   sufficient  quantity  of  pure  water  for 

71  their  use  in  the  cars, 

surgeons  to  detail  persons  to  accompany  the  sick 

Si!  and  wounded  to  railroad  depots, 

their  duties, 

gl  Signal  Corps, 

gl         increased, 

Ql  Slaves, 

persons  connected  with  the   army  or  navy  cap- 
turing, etc.,  slaves  from  the  enemy,  to  report 

the  fact  to  the  commanding  officer, 

slaves  reported  to  be  sent  to  the  nearest  depot, 
with  a  register-  of'the  place  and  date  of 

arrest, 

owners  may  have  the  slaves  on  proof  of  own- 
ership,   

depots  for  recaptured  slaves, 

list  of  the  slaves  in  such  depots  to  be  publish 

ed 

employment  of  slaves  in  depot, 

when  they  may  be  removed, 

free  access  permitted  to  persons  to  inspect 
slaves,  and  on  due  proof  to  be  restored  to 

claimants, 

secretary  of  war  to  require  the  names  of  slaves 
employed  by  officers  or  soldiers  in  the  army  or 
71|  navy,  with  the  names,  etc.,  of  their  owners,  to 

be  reported  to  his  department, S9 

register  thereof  to  be  kept  for  public  inspec- 

~5|  tion, 

president  to  prescribe  regulations  to  carry  this 

76;  act  into  effect,.. 

to  provide  for  the  subsistence  of  slaves  while 
in  depots, 

91  Soldiers, 

I        bounty  secured  to,  though  dead  or  discharged,  to 

be  paid, 

91  \Stewards, 

9J|        of  hospitals;  appropriation  for, 


69 


via 


INDEX. 


Storekeepers, 

appointment  of  naval  storekeepers, SO 

compensation, SO 

bond, 80 

Subsistence  Stores, 

appropriation  for, 74,  83 

Supplies, 

appropriation  for  medical  and  hospital  supplies, 74,  S3 
Surgeons, 

pay  of  passed  assistant  surgeons  of  the  navy, ...     61 

to  examine  enrolled  men 75 

to  give  notice  of  the  time, 75 

decision  of,  taken  as  final, 75 

three  surgeons  assigned  to  each   congressional 

district, 76 

to  constitute  a  board  of  examination  in  such 

district,   76 

to  file  with  commandant  of  camp  of  instruction 
certificates  of  resident  physicians  as  to  inabil- 
ity of  enrolled  men  to  attend  places  of  rendez- 
vous,      76 


T. 

Taxes. 

the  time  for  the  payment  of,  or  for  selling  pro- 
perty in  default  of  payment,  extended, 

excess  of  r/a.r  tax  overpaid. bv  States  of  Louisi- 
ana and  North  Carolina  to  be  refunded, 69, 

secretary  of  the  treasury  authorized  to  pay  dis- 
trict collectors  of  the  war  tax  in  those  States 
which  have  assumed  the  payment  of  said  tax,, 
amounts  heretofore  paid  them  to  be  deducted, 
chief  collectors  to  receive  quarterly  a  pro- 
portionable amount  of  their  salaries, 

term  of  office  of  certain  war  tax  collectors, 

extended,    

pay  for  additional  term, 

Tennessee, 

president  may  accept  companies,  etc.,  of  infan- 
try raised  before  December  1,  1862,  within  the 

limits  of  midd'e  and  west  Tennessee, 

election  of  officers 

vacancies  filled  by  president, 

Territories, 


appropriation  for  Arizona  Territory,   73, 

Texas, 

eastern  district  of,  enlarged 

marshal  for  the  court  at  Galveston 

who  to  be  marshal  for  the  court  held  at  Tyler,.. 
Transfers, 

of  privates  and  non-commissioned  officers. 

soldiers  transferred  to  be  furnished  with  trans- 
portation,   

Transportation, 

of  supplies  for  hospitals  by  railroads  and  boats,. 

of  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  on  railroads 01- 

construction  of  railroads  for  military  transpor- 
tation,.                  

soldiers  transferred  to  be  furnished  with, 

of  mails  across  Mississippi  river, 

Trtasury  Notes,  etc., 

further  issue  of  bonds,  certificates  of  stock  and 

treasury  notes,  authorized,   ...    

bonds  and  certificates  of  stock   to  be  issued 

in  preference, 

act'of  April  18,  1862,  authorizing  the  issue  in  ex- 
change of  treasury  notes,  of  bonds,  etc.,  re- 
convertible  in  the  same,  extended, 

interest  to  be  paid  annually  on  all  interest-bear- 
ing treasury  notes, 

such  interest  to  be  paid  in  treasury  notes  not 
bearing  interest  .   ....... 

issue  of,  under  $5,  extended  to  $10,000.000, 

rewards  authorized  for  the  apprehension,  etc.,  of 

persons  engaged  in  forging, 

appropriation  for  engraving  and  printing  of,  and 

for  paper  for  the  same, 73, 

for   detention  of   persons   passing,    etc.,    of 

forged  treasury  notes, 

for  redemption  and  cancellation  of,  and  issue 

of  other  notes  in  their  stead,    

punishment  of  persons  in  the  service  of  the  ene- 
my fir  passing,  selling,  etc.,  of  counterfeit 
notes   purporting   to   be   treasury  notes  of  the 

C.  S.,   .. 

of  commissioned   officers   of  the   enemy    for 
permitting  such  offence  to  be  committed,. 

trin]   to  be  by  a.  military  court, 

president  may  commute  punishment,  or  par- 
don,  


Treasury  Notes,  etc.,  (continued.) 

notes  issued  after  Bee.  1,  1862,  fundable  only  in 

bonds  bearing  seven  per  cent,  interest, 67 

holders  of,  may  be  required  to  fund  the  same  in 

eight  per  cent,  bonds  or  stocks, 87 

notice  to  be  given  by  secretary  of  the  trea- 
sury,      87 

on  failure  to  comply,  such  notes  to  be  funda- 
ble only  in  seven  per  cent,  bonds  or  stocks,    87 
Treasury,  Secretary  of  the, 

authorized  to  issue  bonds  to  pay  for  iron  clad 

vessels  of  war,  etc. ,  to  be  constructed  abroad,     53 
to  offer  rewards  for  the  apprehension  of  persons 

engaged  in  forging  treasury  notes, 61 

may  extend  the  time  for  the  payment  of  taxes  or 

for  the  sale  in  default  of  payment, 65 

may  appoint   experienced  accountant  to  assist 

second  auditor, 67 

also  additional  temporary  clerks, 67-68 

appropriation  for  his  office, 73,83 

authorized  to  pay  district  collectors  of  the  war 
tax  in  those  States  that  have  assumed  the  pay- 
ment thereof,  76 

amounts  heretofore  paid  to  be  deducted,   ..       73 
to  give  notice  to  holders  of  treasury  notes  to  fund 
the  same  in  eight  per  cent,  bond  or  stocks, 87 

V. 

Vacancies, 

in  certain  companies,  etc.,  of  infantry  raised  be- 
fore Dec.  1,  1861,  in  Tennessee  and  North  Car- 
olina, to  be  filled  by  the  president,   75 

president  authorized  to  fill  by  appointment  all 
vacancies  which  may  have  occurred  during  the 

present  session  of  Congress, S5 

when  appointment  to  expire, ..     85 

promotions  to  fill,  when  anyofficer  is  dropped  or 
honorably  retired, 83 

competency   of  officers   to  fill    such    vacancies, 

how  ascertained, 86 

if  no  officer  be  competent  the  president  may 
fill  the  vacancy  by  appointment, 83 

in  regiments  or  battalions  organized  under  Sta»e 
laws  filled  as  in  case  of  death  or  resignation,.      87 
Vessels, 

bonds  to  be  issued  to  pay  for  iron-clad  vessels  of 
war,  etc.,  to  be  constructed  abroad, 58 

appropriation  to  pay  claims  for  vessels  seized, . .     74 
Vice  president, 

may  employ  a  secretary, 85 

his  salary, * 85 

tenure  of  office,   85 

Volunteers, 

act  of  May8, 1S61,  authorizing  the  president  to  ac- 
cept the  services  of,  "without  regard  to  the  place 
of  enlistment,  etc.,  to  have  full  effect  in  States 
and  districts  in  which  the  conscript  acts  are 
suspended,   76 

volunteer  companies  for  local  defence,. 90 

of  what  persons  composed. . ..    90 

rules  and  regulations, •. 90 

muster  rolls  to  be  sent  to  secretary  of  war,...     90 

companies  may  be  disbanded, 90 

oath, , 90 

w. 

War, 

appropriation  for  prisoners  of  war,  73,81 

War  Department, 

appropriation  for, 73,  S1-S3 

names  of  slaves  employed  by  officers  or  soldiers 
in  the  army  or  navy,  with  the  names  and  resi- 
dences of  their  owners,  to  be  reported  to  the, 89-90 
register  thereof  to  be  kept  for  public  inspec- 
tion,       90 

Ward  MasUrs, 

employed  for  hospitals, Ct 

compensation, 61 

War,  Secretary  of, 

his  duty  to  transfer  privates  and  non-commission- 
ed officers  to  regiments  from  their  own  States,     58 
to  make  regulations  to  facilitate  such  trans- 
fer,  58 

may  appoint  additional  sergeants  in   the  signal 

corps, 61 

authorized  to  make  arrangements  for  the  trans 
portation  on  railroads  of  sick  and  wounded  sol- 
diers,  64-65 

also  for  pure  water  for  their  use  in  the  cars,     65 


INDEX. 


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War,  Secretary  of,  (continued.) 

to  furnish  transportation  to  soldiers  transferred, 
to  provide  in  kind  to  soldiers  the  uniform  cloth,- 


appropviation  for  his  office,..     ,    7:3, 

to  furnish  printed  forms  of  monthly  reports  re- 
quired to  be  made  by  oncers  commanding  regi- 
ments, etc.,  of  the  conduct  of  commissioned 
officers  under  their  respective  commands, 

decision  of   examining-   board,   if   approved   by 

commanding  general,  to  be  transmitted  to, 

if  approved  by,  to  lay  the  same  before  the 
president, 

to  establish  depots  for  re-captured  slaves, 


\1Var,  Secretary  of,  (continued.) 

66j  to  g-wie  public  notice  thereof, £9 

to  require  the  names  of  slaves  employed  by  offi- 
69  cers  or  soldiers  in  the  army  or  navy,  with  the 

SI  names   and   residences   of  their  owners,  to  be 

reported  to  his  department, 89-99 

full  register  thereof  to  be  kept  for  public  in- 
spection,      CO 

86 1        muster-rolls  of  volunteer  companies  for  local  de- 
fence to  be  forwarded  to, 90 

S6  War  Tax— (nee  Taxes.) 
Witnesses, 

86|        attendance  of,  before  military  courts, 71 

89\Writs — (see  Habeas  Corpus.) 


PRIVATE    LAWS 


OF    THE 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF   AMERICA, 


PASSED  AT  THE  SECOND  SESSION 


OF  THE 


FIRST    CONGRESS; 

1862. 

(Sarcfulln    collated    uritlj    tlje    Originals    at    ftttfymonfr. 


EDITED     BY 


JAMES  M.   MATTHEWS, 

ATTORNEY     AT     LA  W, 
AND    LAW    CLEP.X    IN    THE    DEPARTMENT    9F    JUSTICE, 


TO  BE  CONTINUED  ANNUALLY. 


RICHMOND! 

R.  M.  SMITH,  PRINTER  TO  CONGRESS. 
18  6  2. 


LIST 

P»  H I V  A.  T  E    ACTS 

OF  CONGRESS, 


Srt0  ti  il)t  /irst  togras  n!  fjj?  Cnnfpitrfltt  Itittcs. 

STATUTE  11—1862. 


PA68 

Co!.  ^9.  W.  McDonald,  to  be  paid  for  cavalry  equipments  purchased  for  the  .taj.  An  Act  te  r.mcnd  the  "  Act  to  au- 
thorize payment  to  be  made  for  certain  horses  purchased  for  the  Army,  by  Colonel  A.  W.  McDonald. ;" 
Approved,  August  21st,  1862.     Sept.  30th.  1S62,  ch.  1.        ----'-------7 

Certain  account  of  John  Hunter,  Collector  of  the  Customs  at  Natchez,  to  be  audited  at  the  Treasury.  An  Act  for  the 
relief  of  John  Hunter.  Collector  of  the  Customs  and  Agent  of  the  Marine  hospital  at  the  Port  of  Natches, 
Mississippi.    Oct.  8, 1S€2,  ch.  2.        ---------------        7 


PRIVATE  ACTS  OE  THE   MUST  CONGRESS 

OF    THE 

CONFEDERATE    STATES. 

Passed  at  the  second  session,  which  was  begun  and  held  in  the  City  of 
Richmond,  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  on  Monday,  the  eighteenth  d<iy 
of  August,  A.  D.  1862,  and  ended  on  Monday,  the  thirteenth  day  of 
October,  A.  D.  1862. 

Jefferson  Davis,  President.  Alexander  H.  Stephens,  Vice 
President  and  President  of  the  Senate.  Thomas  H.  Bocock; 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 


>pt  39,  If 62. 


Chap  I. — An  Act  to  amend  the  "Act  to  authorize  payment  to  be  made  for  certain  horses  curckaxtd  

for  the  Army,  by  Col.  A.  W.  McDonald.''    Approved.  August  21st,  1-861. 

1862,  AugustST. 

The  Conjress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do   enact,  That  Donald  to  bo'  paid 
the  above  recited  act  be  amended  so  as  to  insert  after  the  word  "horses,"  for   c'ayall7,  e(]u'i'~ 

...  .  '      merits  furnished  tor 

wherever  it  occurs  in  :>aid  act,  the  words  "ana  cavalry  equipments,''      the  Army. 
Approved  Sept.  SO,  1862. 


Ciiap^  II. — Ac  Act  j or  the  relief  of  John  Hunter,  Collector  of  Customs  and.  Agent  of  the  Marine     October  8,  1865. 

Hospital,  at  the  Port  of  Natchez,  Mississippi.  

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  cf  America  do  enact,  That 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized  to  audit  the  account  jnhn^Hnxfter^Coi- 
of  John  Hunter,  Collector  of  Customs,  at  the  Port   of  Natchez,  Miss-  lector  of  the  Customs 
issippi,   for   money  expended  by  him   subsequent  to   the   thirtieth   of  arfdited  at  the  Treas- 
April,  eighteeh  hundred  and  sixty  one,  on  account  of  the  Marine  Hos-  ury- 
pital  at  that  place,  and   allow   so  much   fhereof'ias  may  be  shown   to 
have  been  expended  to  meet  the  usual  and  proper  charges  of  said  hos- 
pital. 

Approved  Oct.  8,  1862. 


